The Silk-weed Labidomera, L. trimaculata Fabr. (Fig. 505, larva) is found in its larval stage on the Silk-weed about the first of August. It is a thick hemispherical beetle, with a dark blue head and prothorax, and orange elytra, with three large blue spots on each wing-cover. It is one-half of an inch long.

References
  • Packard, A.S., Jr., M.D. 1883. Guide to the Study of Insects and A Treatise on Those Injurious and Beneficial to Crops, 8th Edition. Henry Holt and Company, New York.
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