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Leaf Beetles: Mating Striped Cucumber Beetles and Unknown Family Member

Posted by April 4th, 2007 at 12:00 am

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Can you please tell me what these bugs are? The yellow one was found on our squash plants, and the other in the grass. We live in the Baton Rouge, La. area.
Thanks,
Jeanette Murray

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Hi Jeanette,
These are both Leaf Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. The ones mating on the squash plant are Striped Cucumber Beetles, Acalymma vittata. The other beetle is also one of the Leaf Beetles, but we are not sure of the species.

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  1. jennyknight wrote:

    The one on the right is Calligrapha californica coreopsivora.

    Posted 18 Sep 2011 at 10:42 pm
  2. bugman wrote:

    Thanks for identifying the Leaf Beetle from this old posting. We rarely have time to return to our archives to make changes and corrections.

    Posted 19 Sep 2011 at 8:03 am

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