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Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
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Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
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Female beetle laying eggs covered with a structured fecal coating. Larvae of this beetle develop in ant nests where the eggs are transported by the ants themselves.
Coleothorpa dominicana
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Genus:
Promecotheca BLANCHARD, 1853Tribus: Promecothecini CHAPUIS, 1875[det. G. Bohne, 2012, based on this photo]taxonomical info:
insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Arthropo...Subfamily: Hispinae (spiny leaf beetles, Stachelblattkfer)Family: Chrysomelidae (leave beetles, Blattkfer)Superfamily: ChrysomeloideaSuborder: PolyphagaOrder: Coleoptera (beetles, Kfer)Subclass: PterygotaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Indonesia, W-Java, Serang, vic. Bulakan: Danau (lake) Rawa NP, 120-340m asl., 13.03.2011________________________________________________100mm 2.8 macro (canon), 56mm extention tubes, ring-flash, 1/250s, f/16, 0EV, monopodIMG_9789
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Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Gastrophysa cyanea larva, 5mm. City Creek Canyon (area 12). Salt Lake City, Utah. 22 May 2010.
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Gastrophysa cyanea, male 5mm, female 7mm. City Creek Canyon . Salt Lake City, Utah. 22 May 2010. Found on Rumex crispa.
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Gastrophysa cyanea, male 5mm. City Creek Canyon . Salt Lake City, Utah. 22 May 2010. Found on Rumex crispa.
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Gastrophysa cyanea, female 7mm. City Creek Canyon . Salt Lake City, Utah. 22 May 2010. Found on Rumex crispa.
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biology: feeds on Convolvulaceae (morning glory family, Windengewchse), mainly Ipomoea batatas (sweet potatos. Skartoffeln)Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: Polyphaga EMERY, 1886Infraorder: Cucujiformia LAMEERE, 1938Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea LATREILLE, 1802Family: Chrysomelidae LATREILLE, 1802 (Leaf beetles, Blattkfer)Subfamily: Cassidinae GYLLENHAL, 1813 (Tortoise beetles, Schildkfer)Tribus: Cassidini GYLLENHAL, 1813Genus: Cassida LINNAEUS, 1758probably:: Cassida cf. catenata BOHEMAN, 1855possibly: Cassida cf. circumdata HERBST, 1799 (green & black Tortoise beetle)[confirmed by B. Bche, 2016, based on this photo]Indonesia, W-Java: vic. Tangerang, ca. 50m asl., 26.05.2011IMG_1763
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Left: Cassida circumdataRight: Aspidimorpha furcata
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Orinda, California, United States
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Orinda, California, United States
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Diabrotica undecimpunctata, the Spotted Cucumber Beetle, on cultivated Frostweed (White Crownbeard),
Verbesina virginica. Like many leaf beetles, these can be pests of cultivated plants, though this one seemed to be after nectar.
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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Tosohatchee WMA, Orange County, FL, May 2023. City Nature Challenge bioblitz,