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Sunflower Beetle

Zygogramma exclamationis

Photo by BugEric
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Field Notes

Description:

About the size of a pea, highly convex, and pearl or ivory with black lines as shown.

Habitat:

Found on sunflower (Helianthus annuum) at the edge of a degraded shortgrass prairie with yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.

Reference Links:

A Leaf Beetle (Zygogramma exclamationis) - Information on A Leaf Beetle, Species Zygogramma exclamationis - Sunflower Beetle - BugGuide.Net

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