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Black and red Leaf Beetle about 8 mm in length. Family Chrysomelidae.
Forest, Edward James Surrealism Park, Las Pozas, Xilita.
I know, Lauren, there is still a lot to do in your collection - time by time, I do some IDs :-)
This probably is the first live image of the species - what is red here, is yellow in reference (fig. 13)
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This is Chrysomelidae in my opinion. They share habitat and are known to mimic.
Coccinellidae have shorter clubbed antennae.
Coccinellidae lack elytral striae.
Looks a bit like Labidomera but is not that one.
Thank you Jellis and Chris. Jellis, it sure looks like a Coccinellid, you think it might be a Chrysomelid? Haven't found one like this yet either.
Not sure it belongs in that family. The most difficult part of IDing this beetle is to find one with a red Pronotum and still look like this one.
Spotted on Apr 17, 2015
Submitted on Jul 23, 2015
