{"id":2262,"date":"2015-07-25T14:38:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T18:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2015-07-25T14:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T18:38:15","slug":"leaf-beetles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2015\/07\/25\/leaf-beetles\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaf Beetles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leaf beetles feed on plant leaves sometimes stripping the whole plant of its foliage and destroying it.
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\"Goldenrod<\/a>

Goldenrod leaf beetle (Trirhabda canadensis<\/em>), Scarborough<\/a>, Ontario<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>
\nInterestingly not all of them are categorized as pests because each species feeds on very specific plants, some of which are weed, thus leaf beetles can be used as biological weed control.
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\"Leaf<\/a>

Leaf beetle (Trirhabda virgata<\/em>), L’Amoreaux Park<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

I had a hard time identifying the specimens on the pictures above. After looking at various resources on the Internet I have decided that they were in fact two different — although similar looking — species.<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nLeaf Beetles – Subfamily Galerucinae – Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles<\/a> Photo Gallery by Richard Migneault at pbase.com.
\nLeaf Beetle – Trirhabda virgata<\/em><\/a>.
\nGoldenrod leaf beetle<\/a> – Wildlife of Alberta Wiki.
\nTrirhabda canadensis<\/em> – Goldenrod Leaf Beetle<\/a> on BugGuide.Net.
\nTrirhabda virgata<\/em><\/a> on BugGuide.Net.
\nInsects of Alberta – Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle – Trirhabda canadensis<\/em><\/a>.
\nToronto Wildlife – Leaf Beetles<\/a>.
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