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Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle

Kuschelina miniata

Photo by flowntheloop
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Field Notes

Description:

Two colorful, striped leaf beetles (with a tagalong aphid) on my mulch bag next to my garden in my overgrown back yard. They appear to be mating.

Habitat:

Overgrown back yard/meadow surrounded by mixed hardwood forest.

Reference Links:

miniata species complex - BugGuide.Net

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