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Banded Cucumber Beetle

Diabrotica balteata

Photo by Felix Fleck
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

About 7mm body length. Head and antennae are red/tan; pronotum is green and thorax is black; femurs are also green; abdomen and elytra are yellow; elytra with green transverse bands and a green centre line where the elytra meet.

Habitat:

Semi-arid region in central Mexico during rainy season, at about 1800 m.a.s.l.

Reference Links:

Diabrotica balteata - Wikipedia

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