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Swamp Milkweed leaf beetle

Labidomera clivicollis

Photo by Skinner
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Does major damage to milkweed plants. Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweeds and the larva feed on the plant. After these beetles do their damage there isn't much left for the butterflies.

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Comments (2)
Leuba Ridgway
Nice spotting -Welcome to ProjectNoah Skinner ! Could you please edit your spotting and provide the scientific name and references for this interesting native. Labidomera clivicollis http://bugguide.net/node/view/2970 Thanks.

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