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WI090412 - 3 - Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Copyright © 2012 Dan Watley

WI090412 - 3 - Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Derwood, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
September 4, 2012
Size: 5/8" OAL
Photographed at the Master Gardener's Demonstration, Agricultural History Farm.
Contributed by Dan Watley on 4 September, 2012 - 1:09pm
Last updated 1 January, 2014 - 9:49am

Moved
This image isn't the greatest, but it's the first specimen in the guide for Maryland so I'd like to keep it anyway.

Moved from Beetles.
… Natalie Hernandez, 28 September, 2012 - 11:41am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 28 September, 2012 - 11:39am

Looks like a potato beetle
Looks like a potato beetle
… megan_m, 4 September, 2012 - 1:34pm

 
Yep
Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata
… Natalie Hernandez, 4 September, 2012 - 5:08pm

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