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Epilachna mexicana
Phytophagous Ladybug with large red spots. 1 cm long.
Oak forest.
Spotted on Jul 6, 2013
Submitted on Dec 1, 2013
6 Comments
They come in yellow too
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/733...
This is great! Now we know it has a large distribution in Mexico. It is feeding only on the outer layers of the leaf to leave such a funny feeding pattern in your last picture.
Thank you Dilan.
Nice series Luis!!!
Thank you Gatorfellows for the ID reference and the link of Lauren Zarate. it is the same one.
Luis - LaurenZarate has a PN spotting similar to your beetle - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/195...