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Cryptocephalinae - Case-bearing Leaf Beetles? - Griburius scutellaris
Copyright © 2012 Betsy Betros

Cryptocephalinae - Case-bearing Leaf Beetles? - Griburius scutellaris
Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
May 6, 2012
Found it in a tallgrass prairie remnant on bush clover. I tried to collect it, but unlike most leaf beetles that just fall off a leaf when disturbed, this one flew away!It looks like it might be a bee/wasp mimic?
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Contributed by Betsy Betros on 6 May, 2012 - 9:56am
Last updated 13 July, 2021 - 5:26pm

Moved tentatively; good-looking bug...
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 6 May, 2012 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Yes, quite good looking!
… Betsy Betros, 6 May, 2012 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by E.G.Riley: Griburius scutellaris (Fabricius)
yay!...
… v belov, 15 May, 2012 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

 
Excellent...
thanks!
… Betsy Betros, 15 May, 2012 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

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