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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) » Luperini » Luperina-subtribe » Section Monoleptites » Metrioidea
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see through elytra - Metrioidea
Copyright © 2012 Joe Zito

see through elytra - Metrioidea
Cedar Rapids/ICNC, Linn County, Iowa, USA
July 27, 2012
Size: 4mm
only picture that came out, black light
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Contributed by Joe Zito on 28 July, 2012 - 11:03am
Last updated 26 August, 2012 - 5:55pm

Moved
Moved from Flea Beetles.
Difficult to tell for sure from this image, but it seems consistent and I have also collected them at lights.
… ADeczynski, 26 August, 2012 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

 
cool... glad i stipulated this eventuality :]
… v belov, 28 August, 2012 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; can't rule out Luperini
if no angles to add, the odds of getting a more specific ID do not look good

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 5 August, 2012 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

 
.
I'll get more angles this weekend, what do we need to see to get more definite id?
… Joe Zito, 7 August, 2012 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

 
pls add whatever you have, Joe
a good look at the head and hind legs will certainly add confidence to the ID
… v belov, 28 August, 2012 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Joe Zito, 4 August, 2012 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

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