This was a tiny little beetle on our Bing Cherry tree. He kept flying so it was hard to get a good shot, but hopefully someone can help me with IDing him? He was probably no longer than an 8th of an inch. Thanks!
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Here is another picture. A little blurrier, but you can see his abdomen better.
I think it's this casebearer beetle, Babia quadriguttata
http://www.texasento.net/Babia.htm
Wow! Thank you SO much! I am impressed at how fast you ID'ed this beetle. :o It looks exactly like mine. :-)
You're welcome -some are easier than others, I just hope that's the right beetle.
Looking at this bug, I have no doubt that you are right. Here they are on bug guide. http://bugguide.net/node/view/1571
How do I go about getting this bug added to the data base? I have done various searches here and can't find it.
Common names: Four-spotted Babia Leaf Beetle, Casebearer Beetle, Short Horned Leaf Beetle
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Babia
Species: quadriguttata
http://bugguide.net/node/view/39541
http://www.texasento.net/Babia.htm
Thanks!
On the BugFiles home page, there's a link to "add a new bug to the database", but here it is:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/add.php
Just type in that info you have in the spaces. If you have trouble, just holler.
Thanks so much! :-) Got it done and thanks so much for your help. Closing now. :-)
This message was edited Jun 9, 2008 10:59 PM
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