Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)

Appropriately enough, on Milkweed (Butterfly weed).

Rather pretty for a 'bad' bug.

Very Pretty!

Swamp Milkweed Leaf beetles mating on May 23 in Ohio, on Common Milkweed.

A Swamp Milkweed Leaf beetle larva on Common Milkweed, heading toward ground on Aug. 6 in Ohio

A cluster of Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle eggs on the underside of a Common Milkweed leaf Aug. 9 in Ohio.

on Asclepias syriaca common milkweed, May 2008, AA County, MD

Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle

Found on a hibiscus in a container at a local car dealership.

First time I have noticed this beetle in my garden. On a leaf of American Beautyberry which is near several Milkweed Honeyvines. July 3, 2010

Just hatched and beginning to eat. This leaf is only 1 inch long, also is not swamp mw...they eat all of them!

Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)

Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle, Arkansas River Valley, Sebastian County, AR. early June.


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Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Labidomera clivicollis
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Labidomera |
Species: | clivicollis |