Bi-blotched cryptocephalus
Cryptocephalus leucomelas
The bi-blotched cryptocephalus is a small leaf beetle from North America. It belongs to the case-bearing leaf beetles. Their babies live inside a little case that they carry around with them, like a snail with its shell.
Lives in
The United States and Canada
Length
4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other leaf beetles, it eats plants.
How big is it?
How long is it?
💅small enough to sit on your fingernail🍽️could run across a dinner table in 11 seconds
How big is Bi-blotched cryptocephalus compared to YOU?
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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)
Bi-blotched cryptocephalus about 0.32 km/h (0.2 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is only about 4 to 6 millimetres long.
2
Scientists divide it into three subspecies.
3
Its babies carry a little case around with them and hide inside it.
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Most asked questions about Bi-blotched cryptocephalus
?How big is the bi-blotched cryptocephalus?
It is about 4 to 6 millimetres long.
?Is the bi-blotched cryptocephalus dangerous?
No. It is a small, harmless leaf beetle.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cryptocephalus leucomelas
- Named by
- Suffrian, 1852
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Cryptocephalus leucomelas (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 Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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