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Mexican Bean Beetle

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

Description and Biology of Mexican Bean Beetles

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Mexican bean beetle adults

Adults newly emerged from pupal skin. 
The pale yellow color will gradually  
change to the characteristic copper color.

Mexican bean beetle egg cluster and tiny first instar larvae

Mexican bean beetle larvae and pupa. The white fuzz 
at the tip of the
 pupa is the accumulation of cast skin

Mexican bean beetle pupae and larvae

Defoliation caused by Mexican bean beetles

Mexican bean beetle pupae (yellow) and parasitized mummy (brown)

close-up of Mexican bean beetle mummy

close-up pf Mexican bean beetle pupae

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