Subject: Possible Leaf Beetle
Geographic location of the bug: Santa Elena, Costa Rica
Date: 12/24/2018
Time: 01:24 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Any help to identify this guy would be most appreciated! It was photographed in the Santa Elena Cloud Forest 05-15-2018.
How you want your letter signed: John
Dear John,
We agree that this is a Leaf Beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, but we have not been able to substantiate its identity. The white-tipped antennae are distinctive.
Hi, thanks very much for the quick response. And thanks for the confirmation of a Chrysomelidae- the fact that I couldn’t take it any further had me questioning even that call.
-John
Perhaps one of our readers will write in with a species identification.
Hi, thanks very much for the quick response. And thanks for the confirmation of a Chrysomelidae- the fact that I couldn’t take it any further had me questioning even that call.
-John