134 ASPARAGUS 
of Delaware, nearly the entire state of Maryland, the 
District of Columbia, the southeastern portion of 
Pennsylvania bordering the state line of New Jersey, 
northeastern Virginia in the vicinity of the western 
shore of the Potomac River, Staten Island, and Monroe 
County, N. Y., the last mentioned being the most 
northern locality known for the species. The mature 
beetle 1n life rivals the common asparagus beetle in 
FIG. 45—TWELVE-SPOTTED ASPARAGUS BEETLE 
a, beetle; 4, larva; c, second abdominal segment of larva; d, same 
of common asparagus beetle 
beauty, but may be distinguished by its much broader 
wing covers and its color. The ground color is 
orange red, each wing cover is marked with six black 
dots, and. the knees and a portion of the under surface 
of the thorax are also marked with black,as seen in 
Fig. 45,@. The beetle as it appears on the plant when 
in fruit very closely resembles, at a little distance, a 
ripe asparagus berry. The full-grown larva is shown 
