Globemallow leaf beetle
Calligrapha serpentina
The globemallow leaf beetle is a small beetle from Mexico and the United States. It belongs to the leaf beetles, a big family of beetles that munch on plants. Its name comes from a plant called globemallow.
Lives in
Mexico and the United States
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Like other leaf beetles, it eats plants.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Globemallow leaf beetle about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Scientists are still sorting out its family. In 2021 they decided that a beetle they had thought was the same kind is really a different one.
2
In the same year, a type of this beetle that looked a little different was made into its own species.
3
Leaf beetles are one of the biggest beetle families in the world.
you asked
Most asked questions about Globemallow leaf beetle
?Where does the globemallow leaf beetle live?
In Mexico and the United States.
?What does the globemallow leaf beetle eat?
Like other leaf beetles, it eats plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Calligrapha serpentina
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Calligrapha serpentina (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Luisalvaz. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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