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Click beetle commented on by thaptor El Amparo, Provincia Alajuela, Costa Rica5 years ago

A strange subgroup of Click beetles, long time believed to belong elsewhere:
Lissomini tribe

Tortoise Beetle commented on by thaptor Agusan del Sur, Philippines5 years ago

Quite a lot Tortoise beetles, different genera, feed on Ipomoea.

Yours belongs in genus Laccoptera-
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Tooth-necked fungus beetles commented on by thaptor Washington, USA5 years ago

Decision on species by:
1) West coast;
2) pattern + no large spine on neck.

German Cockroach commented on by thaptor Maryland, USA5 years ago

NO Roach, but Rhyparochromidae Bug

Tooth-necked fungus beetles commented on by thaptor Washington, USA5 years ago

it is one of these: https://bugguide.net/node/view/153427

Fungus Weevil commented on by thaptor Chiapas, Mexico5 years ago

I see three tufts - one yellow, two black. Matches completely with description - only size does not (3.5 - 5.5 mm).
That does not matter so much. Size variation of 100% or even more is frequent in dead wood beetles.

Leaf beetle commented on by thaptor Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador5 years ago

A Flea beetle, poss. Alagoasa sp.

Flea Beetle commented on by thaptor Rivas, Nicaragua5 years ago

Now know more!
= Disonycha trifasciata
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/309858-...

Leaf Beetles commented on by thaptor Puerto Vallarta, Mexico5 years ago

This is Alagoasa jacobiana. You have a second spotting of the species.

Flea Beetle commented on by thaptor Geneseo, Illinois, USA5 years ago

this rather is the look-alike species, Disonycha punctigera
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/794726-...

It is just the right kind of leaf under it . . .

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