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Leaf Beetle

Lachnaia sexpunctata

Photo by PatriciaPi
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Field Notes

Description:

They are quite voracious and very harmful to crops, it is usual to find in many types of plants

Habitat:

found from north-eastern France to Turkey and from north to southern Germany and Slovakia.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
PatriciaPi
Hi injica! I didn't enhance the colors but it was really sunny that day, maybe is the reason the it seems so orange, but I think is Lachnaia sexpunctata! thank you so much for the id!
injica
definitelly a leaf beetle, don't know its size, but if its bigger than is Lachnaia sexpunctata, if its smaller like a ladybird or so than Clytra quadripunctata L. http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id173938/ Also I don't know if you enhance the colors but Lachnaia sexpunctata is more yellowish than orange, here is my spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/24951295

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Biodiversidad en España/Spain
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Beetles!
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PublishedJune 3, 2013

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