Mexican Bean Beetle Epilachna varivestis Mulsant, 1850    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Coccinellidae   >   Genus Epilachna   

Description:

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

There are 24 records in the project database.

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

Mexican Bean Beetle in Carroll Co., Maryland (10/23/2021). Photo by Barbara Speckart. (MBP list)

Mexican Bean Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (8/3/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. Photo by Bill Hubick. (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)

Mexican Bean Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (10/30/2022). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Zachary Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (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)

Mexican Bean Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (10/30/2022). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Even Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (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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