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Photo by Mary13
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Field Notes

Description:

Red orange head abc legs with bluish black body. Sort of looked like a ladybug.

Species ID Suggestions

Shiny Flea Beetle

Asphaera lustrans

Reference Link
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Comments (2)
sarah in the woods
Looks like a fungus beetle. Genus Triplax. http://bugguide.net/node/view/13856/bgpage
elaphrus
Flea beetle, Alticini, and probably genus Disonycha or Kuschelina.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2014

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