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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) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Chrysomelina » Chrysomela » Subgenus Macrolina (Chrysomela Subgenus Macrolina) » Cottonwood Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela scripta)
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Beetle larvae? - Chrysomela scripta
Copyright © 2006 Craig Biegler

Beetle larvae? - Chrysomela scripta
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Collier County, Florida, USA
June 10, 2006
Perhaps some sort of leaf beetle?
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Contributed by Craig Biegler on 24 June, 2006 - 2:49pm
Last updated 18 June, 2013 - 2:27pm

Yes
They look like the larvae of some kind of Lady bug.
… Brittanie McCormack, 24 June, 2006 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
But they're eating leaves. Are there any herbivorous ladybird beetles?
… Craig Biegler, 24 June, 2006 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Leaf beetle, I think
the shape reminds me of these (probably not the same species or even genus):



But, interestingly, there is a subfamily of Ladybird beetles that feeds on plants, according to this UF site - the Epilachninae.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 24 June, 2006 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Hannah
Thanks for putting me on the right track, I found another species in that genus that looks spot-on: Chrysomela scripta. Page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/9538/bgimage. I'm going to go ahead and move it there.
… Craig Biegler, 24 June, 2006 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

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