Girdle-horned pond lily leaf beetle
Donacia cincticornis
The girdle-horned pond lily leaf beetle is a leaf beetle that loves water. It lives on plants in ponds and lakes, like pond lilies. Its long name is almost longer than the beetle itself.
Lives in
North America, Central America and the Caribbean, in ponds and lakes
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
As its name says, it lives on pond lilies, and it eats water 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)
Girdle-horned pond lily 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
It is an aquatic leaf beetle, which means it lives on and around water plants.
2
Scientists divide it into three slightly different kinds, called subspecies.
3
It is found all the way from North America down to the islands of the Caribbean Sea.
you asked
Most asked questions about Girdle-horned pond lily leaf beetle
?Where does the girdle-horned pond lily leaf beetle live?
In North America, Central America and the Caribbean, near ponds and lakes with water plants.
?Is it dangerous?
No. It is a harmless plant eater.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Donacia cincticornis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Donacia cincticornis (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 iNaturalist user: jimeckert49. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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