#Labidomera

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Look at this adorable chonky tomato!!!!!!!! Who knew milkweed leaf beetle larvae were so CUTE?

[herpsandbirds]

Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis), yellow color morph, family Chrysomelidae, feeding on aquatic milkweed, Houston, TX, USA

photographs by Paxon Kale CC

[furanocoumarin]

Milkweed leaf beetle, Labidomera clivicollis

On common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

[tytonidyke]

Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)

[woozymitts]

Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)

Ran inside to get my macro lens because I saw this guy. Look at their little feet claws. 🥺

[cyberchangeliing]

Swamp milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)

[celestialmacros]

Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)

September 9, 2021

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[abinderbickford]

Milkweed Leaf Beetle  Digital photography - Canon Rebel T6i 

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

A Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) on the run this afternoon.

[herpsandbirds]

I'm sorry you're having a bad time :(

Here's a milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) I saw the other day.

🪲 Thank you 💜 xoxo

[drhypercube]

Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle /Labidomera clivicollis/ #dailycoolcreature https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWdVLZlJ53/?igshid=vh69qff4fyhn

[speakingofnature]

This Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicolli) was observed in the sand prairie portion of the Ciha Fen Preserve in Johnson County. These beetles feed on plants in the milkweed family, including swamp milkweed and common milkweed.

[udc793]

The milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) is a species of beetle from the family Chrysomelidae. (at Arlington, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeY0g7cof8PSInYbnJ61_19a85CT_y0J5GOxec0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[calosoma-amitch]

Swamp milkweed beetle (Labidomera clivicollis ), Newark DE, June 2018.

Like the monarch butterfly, the swamp milkweed beetle bears an orange-and-black patterning, characteristic of many species that feed on milkweed plants. This coloring signals to predators that the beetle is distasteful and toxic, and those predators who learn from this mistake learn to also avoid other insects bearing the same appearance as the beetle. 

Like monarch caterpillars, these beetles need to avoid the milky latex sap that is released by the leaf veins, as it would glue their mouthparts together and prevent them from feeding. To do so, the beetles (both immatures and adults) cut the major veins before feeding on tissue further away, keeping the latex from reaching where they feed. 

One generation a year. Adults common throughout summer. Larvae pupate on the ground and adults overwinter in leaf litter. 

[iamcamouflage]

Labidomera clivicollis . . . . . #spring #june #picoftheday #pictureoftheday #puremichigan #michigan #2018 #teampixel #beautifulday #bug #insect #beetle #milkweedleafbeetle (at Fowlerville, Michigan)

[celestialmacros]

Swamp milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)

May 6, 2019

Southeastern Pennsylvania