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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Galerucini » Section Atysites » Pyrrhalta » Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)
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leaf eating beetle - Pyrrhalta viburni
Copyright © 2011 Ray Sunshine

leaf eating beetle - Pyrrhalta viburni
Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 2, 2011
Size: 3/16 inch
Some shrubs in a fence line were loaded with these beetles. There defense mechanism seemed to be to drop to the ground - I had to look to find one still on a leaf.

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Contributed by Ray Sunshine on 17 August, 2011 - 6:56pm
Last updated 27 August, 2011 - 10:38am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
I can't think of anything else that looks like this.
… Beatriz Moisset, 27 August, 2011 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

VLB?
It looks like the viburnum leaf beetle, a new pest that is spreading all over. Was it on viburnums?
Follow this link and you can find a lot more on the info page

Also here and here.
… Beatriz Moisset, 17 August, 2011 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

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