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Beetle - Chrysomela schaefferi
Copyright © 2011 Shane Fitzgibbons

Beetle - Chrysomela schaefferi
Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
June 21, 2011
Size: 4mm
Reminiscent of a Ladybird Beetle, but I suspect it feeds on leaves rather than aphids. Though I saw no immediate evidence of my suspicion.

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Contributed by mammynun on 22 June, 2011 - 12:30pm
Last updated 17 May, 2012 - 11:29am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Macrolina.
… v belov, 17 May, 2012 - 11:29am

Moved
Moved from Chrysomela.
… v belov, 16 May, 2012 - 5:51pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 30 June, 2011 - 10:52am

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