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TitleA pretty little pest
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
Rating5
VettedUntrusted
Description
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.
Original URLhttp://farm5.staticflickr.com/4112/5055539565_09aaae18d9_o.jpg
photographerPatrick Coin
providerFlickr: EOL Images
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith