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Family: Chrysomelidae
Size: 6.5 mm (6.1 to 7.0 mm)
Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia
Location: Costa Rica, Tarcoles, envir. Villa Lapas Jungle Village, 100 m
leg. U.Schmidt, 1.-11.XII.1996; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Ledge Road, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, near Waupun, Wisconsin
Ledge Road, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, near Waupun, Wisconsin
Ledge Road, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, near Waupun, Wisconsin
Ledge Road, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, near Waupun, Wisconsin
Ledge Road, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, near Waupun, Wisconsin
Ledge Road, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, near Waupun, Wisconsin
Ledge Road, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, near Waupun, Wisconsin
Ledge Road, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, near Waupun, Wisconsin
Native to North America the species can be a major agricultural pest insect. There are three subspecies of this beetle, but this one is Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, and it was observed on a wild thistle flower on the coast of Northern California. It is also known as the southern corn rootworm
Image - Copyright 2024 Alan Vernon
