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Leptinotarsa undecimlineata
These mating beetles are completely black and white and do not have the usual yellow or orange and brown of the Colorado Potato Beetle. These were found on native weeds and not in a vegetable patch. Family Chrysomelidae. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_p...
Semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
L. undecimlineata is found in Central America and southern Mexico and is of the aboriginal home of the Leptinotarsus beetles. This species can also have a yellow thorax. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar... https://www.flickr.com/photos/hickatee/1... https://www.flickr.com/photos/costarica1...
Spotted on May 29, 2018
Submitted on Jul 27, 2018
2 Comments
Thank you thaptor, that was great help!
This is L. un-decimlineata, the Southern Potato beetle.
(legs black, elytra black + white - pronotum can be yellow)