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Giant Sweetpotato Bug

Spartocera batatas

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

Non-native, found in Surinam and some Caribean islands. First reported in the continental US in Florida in 1995. (BugGuide)

Reference Links:

Species Spartocera batatas - Giant Sweetpotato Bug - BugGuide.Net

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PublishedApril 19, 2014

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