Figures 20-30 from: Chaboo C, Prathapan K (2011) Biology of Blepharida-group flea beetles with first notes on natural history of Podontia congregata Baly, 1865 an endemic flea beetle from southern India (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 157: 95-130. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.157.1472

Figures 20-30 - Life stages of Podontia congregata Baly in India. 20. Egg mass. 21. Gregarious instar I larva scraping leaf. 22. Instar II covered with green fecal pellets, being attacked by a juvenile predatory bug, Eucanthecona parva (Distant) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopini). 23. Instar III larva with incomplete fecal cover and under attack by the juvenile bugs. 24. Mature larva with long fecal strands. 25. Fecal strand, immersed in water. 26. Mature larva, prior to construction of pupation chamber. 27. Pupation chamber. 28. Prepupa within pupation chamber. 29. Pupa. 30. Adult and chewing damage on leaf. (Beetle adult < 2 cm long; Photos by D. Prathapan, N. Anith).