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ASPAl^AGUS 



of Delaware, nearly the en'.ire 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 rientioned being the most 

 northern locality known fcr the species. The mature 

 beetle in life rivals the common asparagus beetle in 



cv " c d 



KIG. 45 — TWELVE-SPOTTED ASPARAGl'S BEETLE 



a. beetle ; b. lar\-a ; c, second abdominal segment of larva ; d. same 

 of common asparagus beetle 



beauty, but may be distinguished by its nuich 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, a. 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 



