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False potato beetle - Leptinotarsa juncta
Copyright © 2006 Beatriz Moisset

False potato beetle - Leptinotarsa juncta
Willow Grove, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 22, 2006
This view shows a little better the characateristics of L. juncta that help to differenciate it from decempunctata, as shown in the U. of Florida page..
Southeastern PA

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 24 May, 2006 - 9:01am
Last updated 28 December, 2018 - 1:27pm

Is that a chlamisine larva sh
Is that a chlamisine larva sharing the leaf with the juncta?
… John Randall Watts, 7 July, 2008 - 7:45am

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