For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Cucurbit Leaf Beetle (Prosmidia conifer)

Family Chrysomelidae
A small beetle only 8-9mm in length.
They are known to feed on pumpkin leaves as well as flowers.
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2 comments:

Gaelyn said...

Looks like the color of a pumpkin.

June 15, 2013 at 9:37 AM
SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

LOL!! Maybe we should call it the Pumpkin Beetle as it has no common name?

June 16, 2013 at 4:52 PM

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