Family Chrysomelidae
Tribe Clytrini
Bugguide.net says this about these tiny beetles, Clytrini "encase their eggs with intricate fecal
coatings and dwell within mobile cases (like caddisflies) as larvae." Maybe that's why they
look so pretty--they've been well fertilized! © Carol Davis, 8-19-2009
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