Maryland Biodiversity Project - Mexican Bean Beetle (Epilachna varivestis)

Mexican Bean Beetle Epilachna varivestis Mulsant, 1850

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Coleoptera > Family Coccinellidae > Genus Epilachna Mexican Bean Beetle - Epilachna varivestis - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/2655

Note eight black spots per elytron and spotless pronotum. Compare Squash Lady Beetle.

There are 16 records in the project database.

A Mexican Bean Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (8/31/2013). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

A Mexican Bean Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/19/2015). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Mexican Bean Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (10/1/2013). Photo by Bill Keim. (MBP list)

A Mexican Bean Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (10/1/2013). Photo by Bill Keim. (MBP list)

A Mexican Bean Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (10/1/2013). Photo by Bill Keim. (MBP list)

Mexican Bean Beetles in Harford Co., Maryland (8/2/2014). Photo by Joshua Jones. (MBP list)

A larval Mexican Bean Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/25/2012). Photo by Don Watley. (MBP list)

A Mexican Bean Beetle larva in Carroll Co., Maryland (7/22/2015). Photo by Kerry Wixted. (MBP list)

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