Allpet Roaches 144 Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Chrysomelids are almost never kept. I've only seen larvae of a few different species a few times in my life. These are from the biggest species in my area (1/2"). This is a '"common" species but I'm not certain I've ever seen the larvae before except in photos. Last time I found some chrysomelid larvae was about ten years ago. They were on a small cottonwood or aspen tree and I went back to grab some the next day, but something had eaten them. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bmaines96 20 Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 I really like the look of the larva and the beetles are pretty cool to, are they hard to breed? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Allpet Roaches 144 Posted June 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 These are kept more like lepidoptera larvae. I've found adults in the past but did not get them to lay eggs on the host. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Allpet Roaches 144 Posted August 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Collected some leaves for the second generation false potato beetles and collected one of these: Plagiometriona clavata - Clavate Tortoise Beetle. It's relatively tiny but interesting. No larvae though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Allpet Roaches 144 Posted August 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Found one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arthroverts 40 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Wow! Both the chrysomelids and the other beetles are crazy looking! Thanks for sharing. Arthroverts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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