Scriptured leaf beetle – genus Pachybrachis

Approximately 150 species in this genus in North America north of Mexico.

 

Only one other record in this genus on MBP; and it looks nothing like this one. So this must be a new species for MBP.

 

Thanks to T Hedlund at BugGuide.net for confirming the ID: bugguide.net/node/view/1667578

 

Assateague Island National Seashore, Worcester County, Maryland; Tingles Island Quad

Done