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Waterlily Leaf Beetle

Galerucella nymphaeae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 220, February 163, March 255, April 401, May 578, June 630, July 674, August 580, September 426, October 318, November 174, December 136.
United States5,393
Alaska4,553
Canada511
Germany163
Russia120
Saskatchewan112
South Carolina104
Nunavut91
New York90
Ontario89

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

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

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusGalerucella

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