Bug ID

[jjsull33]

What is this bug? Sorry of this is the wrong place, wasn't sure where to put this.




It had wings and flys, it also stays mostly around fresh plants in mini green houses but I have no idea what it is so I thought I would ask here.

 

[luvpetz27]

It kinda looks like a beetle to me. I dont know for sure.....sorry!!

 

[redbeef]

some kind of beetle...that's all I can say for sure.

maybe search a gardening forum for an entomologist or someone who can identify greenhouse and garden pests?

 

[LeopardTortLover]

I'm probably wrong. But it looks like something relating to the grasshopper family. Only beatle version.
Ha, that probs makes no sense but it does in my head!

 

[mctlong]

June bug? How big is he?

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Wow, and I just gave my 40 yr. beetle book to a friends 7 yr old. But I do have questions;
A) does it have what would appear to be a longish snout ?

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B) if placed on their backs, do they struggle to turn over, or do they flick themselves over?
C) how long are they, and can we please have a better picture?

 

[tortadise]

Looks like a leaf beetle which are native to Colorado. Not naturally but looks just like it to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthogaleruca_luteola

 

[LeoCraze]

A great resource for bug ID is this site http://bugguide.net/node/view/6/bgimage

 

[jjsull33]

I'm not sure on the snout, it struggles to flip itself, and as for size it's tiny like can stand on a dime.

Tortadise I think you may be right the picture looks just like it I'll get a better look tomorrow and see if I can get a better picture too.

 

[jjsull33]

Wow, and I just gave my 40 yr. beetle book to a friends 7 yr old. But I do have questions;
A) does it have what would appear to be a longish snout ?

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Oops. I hit send.
B) if placed on their backs, do they struggle to turn over, or do they flick themselves over?
C) how long are they, and can we please have a better picture?

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Ok I got a better picture a few actually, and the picture with a finger for size reference is my pinky.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Sorry. I've got nothing. Do you notice and chewed leaf edges?

 

[LeoCraze]

Unlike tortoises, it is extremely difficult to ID bugs, since there are so many different species.
This is really a wrong forum to ask, you should post the pictures in a bug forum, such as the one I mentioned.

Anyways, it is most likely in the genus Trirhabda, and if I were to guess, it would be something like Trirhabda geminata or Trirhabda luteocincta

Here are some of the Trirhabda spp. leaf beetles found in Colorado
Species Host plants:
Trirhabda borealis Blake Solidago spp.
Trirhabda canadensis (Kirby) Solidago spp.
Trirhabda convergens LeConte Solidago spp.
Trirhabda geminata Horn Encelia spp. (brittlebush)
Trirhabda lewesii Crotch Chyrsothamnus viscidiflorus (yellow rabbitbrush), Ericameria nauseosa (rubber rabbitbrush)
Trirhabda nigriventris Blask Artemesia tridentata (big sagebrush)
Trirhabda nitidicollis LeConte Chyrsothamnus viscidiflorus (yellow rabbitbrush),

 

[LeopardTortLover]

Just out of interest, why are you asking? Was it found in your torts enclosure?

 

[jjsull33]

I found them around a grow table I use for veggies that aren't completely for the torts but most of the things planted there are. I have Russians anyway, so they wouldn't be bothered by them as they don't eat bugs, but I do want to get box turtles some day so I was curious. However one of my co-workers also found some in his grow house.