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Milkweed Leaf Beetle - Labidomera clivicollis; Order: Coleoptera / Family: Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles); Adults of this species are intimately associated with the milkweed plant, Asclepias spp. Live adult milkweed leaf beetles photographed at DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
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; Red Milkweed Beetle; Tetraopes tetraophthalmus ... ; Leaf Beetle; Sumitrosis rosea; June Beetle; Phyllophaga sp.; Insect Order; Strepsiptera; Clay-colored Leaf ... ; Milkweed Leaf Beetle; Labidomera clivicollis; Leaf Beetle; Odontota dorsalis; Orange Blister Beetle; Zonitis vittigera; Leaf Beetle; Trirhabda virgata...
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Abbot P. & L.M. Dill. 2001. Sexually transmitted parasites and sexual selection in the milkweed leaf beetle, Labidomera clivicollis. Oikos 92(1): 91-100. ... Dickinson, J.L. 1986. Prolonged mating in the milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis): a test of the "sperm-loading" hypothesis.
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www.texasento.net/Labidomera.htm
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Red milkweed beetle are members of the long-horned beetle family (Cerambicidae), a spectacular group of beetles that can be both colorful and large and that bear long (sometimes very long) antennae. Typically, the adults are plant-eaters (wood, leaves, ... A Swamp milkweed leaf beetle looks like an overgrown ladybug.
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www4.uwm.edu/fieldstation/naturalhistory/bugoftheweek/m...
www4.uwm.edu/fieldstation/naturalhistory/bugoftheweek/milkweedcritters.cfm
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Hi Tim, Though it looks like a Ladybird Beetle, this is actually a Swamp Milkweed Beetle, Labidomera clivicollis. They feed on the flowers and leaves of milkweed, and BugGuide has this interesting bit of information posted: “Both larvae and adults of this species ... Mating Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (June 15, 2006)
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www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/06/swamp-milkweed-leaf-bee...
www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/06/swamp-milkweed-leaf-beetle-3/
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I witnessed a swamp milkweed leaf beetle attacking a web worm. :-) ... Found one adult on common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, in Maryland. ... Thumbnail #1 of Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) by Sarahskeeper...
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View image #6 of the bug Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) ... "A cluster of Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle eggs on the underside of a Common Milkweed leaf Aug. 9 in Ohio."
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Abstract: Central Texas milkweed leaf beetles Labidomera clivicollis .... Phenology of milkweed leaf beetles and host plant at BFL study site during 1978. ...
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www.jstor.org/stable/2425235
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