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Apple Flea Beetle

Altica foliacea

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) catherine_g, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Easily confused with

Blue Dock BeetleGastrophysa cyanea

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Traits

Physical

MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Arthropods · Arthropoda
Class	Insects · Insecta
Order	Beetles · Coleoptera
Family	Leaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
Genus	Metallic Flea Beetles · Altica

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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