Photo by Drees. Photo by Drees. Larvae appear hump-backed and are red with black spots on the sides of each body segment, black head and three pairs of legs, reaching inch long when fully grown.
Eggs are orange-yellow, oblong and deposited in clusters on the underside of leaves.
There are many other leaf feeding beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. A closely related species, L. texana Shaeffer, may be confused with this species. Females lay clusters of eggs which hatch in 4 to 9 days. Pupae are yellowish and motionless. Adults emerge in 5 to 10 days.