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False potato beetle

Leptinotarsa juncta

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

Small eggs on the underside of horse nettle leaves - colors range from pale pink to deep orange.

Habitat:

Semi rural.

Reference Links:

Species Leptinotarsa juncta - False Potato Beetle - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
drP
Cool! Glad the ID worked out.
KarenL
Here's the larvae http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12832655 and the adult http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10338410
drP
Really nice series, by the way!
drP
Take a look at false potato beetle/horsenettle beetle: http://bugguide.net/node/view/582
Debbie Stewart
wow what great colours! I love photo 4, it really puts the size of the eggs in to perspective :-)

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PublishedMay 20, 2013

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