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Insect and Spider Identification: SOLVED: beetle on milkweed, Maryland, May

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Forum: Insect and Spider IdentificationReplies: 2, Views: 23
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sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)

May 16, 2008
12:47 PM

Post #4960133

Had to share this (ahem) awesome shot I got of a beetle. Relative of potato beetle? I couldn't see that it was doing anything but hanging around. I looooove the digital age.

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claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA
(Zone 6b)

May 16, 2008
1:13 PM

Post #4960241

I think it's a MIlkweed Leaf Beetle, Labidomera clivicollis. Same family as potato beeles, Chrysomelidae.
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)

May 16, 2008
2:15 PM

Post #4960490

Thank you! After looking at Bugfles, I agree. Love its little foot pads. If its damaging to this plant it has a ways to go before I worry. At this point I need something to eat the milkweed.

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