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MEM-000788: Dogbane Beetle ( Chrysochus auratus )

Specimen Details

Specimen Number MEM-000788
Taxon Chrysochus auratus
Authority (Fabricius, 1775)
Common Name Dogbane Beetle
Determiner Megan McCarty
Determined Year 2006
Sex unknown
Stage adult
Preparation Type pinned
Preparer Megan McCarty
Country United States of America
State Indiana
County Switzerland Co.
Nearest Town 4 km NW Patriot
Locality Boone Robinson Rd
Date 13 June 2006
Collector(s) M.E. McCarty
Method Net
Weather Sunny
Temperature 25.6°C / 78°F
Habitat On Apocynum cannabinum L.