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Red Pumpkin Beetle

Aulacophora indica

Description:

Red pumpkin beetle is a destructive green pest. A. foveicollis feed on the flowers and leaves of the Cucurbitaceous by making irregular holes and causing retardation of growth, leading to delayed maturation of crop.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 11 years ago
Red Pumpkin Beetle
Aulacophora indica Natural-Japan.net » Gourd Leaf Beetle


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13 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Oh yeah...thank u for the nice suggestion...I never observed it....very good option yar...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

You can create Tags in edit mode of those words related to the organism identification. Leading User Dan Doucette is making very informative Tags if you check his spottings.

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Ashish : Yeah...its always amazing to know the range of species spread across the world n project Noah is a very good platform....

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Welcome Adarsha... With Project Noah I get to know importance of knowing each Organism... what are are part of Web of Life on the Earth....

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Ashish : Ok yar..i ll keep the link...thats great of u to be interested in here...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

I did not studied any Science.... but try to find exact specie.... always keep referred link shared.

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Oneng: Yeah...i too liked color combination...

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Ashish : Yeah..after many days going through project Noah, i got to knw lot of things as i am non Biology student...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Zonitis vittigera is find in North America....

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

Pretty..i love that colour..

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Thank you....Red pumpkin beetle seems more appropriate....

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Ashish : http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/120...
Unknown spotting there also!!!!!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Atul Vartk's collection must be referred...

Adarsha B S
Spotted by
Adarsha B S

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Oct 13, 2012
Submitted on Oct 15, 2012

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