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Index of Subjects Thanks for your ID. It was actually found within a few feet of some Alder trees. Calligrapha is certainly an apt name. > Hi Rick, > On 1-Aug-07, at 7:25 PM, Rick Ballard wrote: > > I found this interesting beetle at my cottage at Indian Harbour Lake, Guysborough County, > NS. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ideaphore/977783053/ > > It looks like some kind of Leaf Beetle ( Family CHRYSOMELIDAE ), but I haven't been able > to find it in any books or on the web. > > This is, indeed, in the Chrysomelidae. It is Calligrapha confluens Schaeffer, one of the > mostabundant of this diverse genus of beetles in Nova Scotia. It is associated with alder. Earlier > this season Bernard Burke posted a photograph of this same species. > ... -- Rick Ballard Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada http://www.ideaphore.com
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