August 30, 2024

I am a Groundselbush Beetle

I'm named for the plant that's my host

I'm not called a skeletonizer for nothing

I can eat on that plant till it's smoked.

Location: Private residence, Blountston, FL

Sources: https://programs.ifas.ufl.edu/florida-4-h-forest-ecology/forest-ecology-contest/contest-stations/plants-of-florida/saltbush/

https://centralfloridacritteroftheday.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/groundselbush-beetle-trirhabda-bacharidis-2/

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