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Diabrotica undecimpunctata
This is a small beetle, a little longer than a lady bug. All the information I found on it talks about them being an incredibly destructive insect that eats the leaves of plants like cucumber plants, beans, melons and pumpkins. Which doesn't really explain how I found this one on a flower... but there it is. :) There are two kinds of cucumber beetles - the striped and the spotted.
Flower near a pond in Chicago
Spotted on May 27, 2012
Submitted on May 27, 2012
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