Small round beetle, about a quarter inch long, reddish-brown with 7 to 8 yellowish spots on each wing cover.  The spots are crossed with lines of dots the same color as the background.  Antennae are darker toward the tip.

Feeds on leaves of persimmons, oaks, hickories, walnuts, and other trees.  Further south it is a pest on cotton and okra.  Mostly seen May through July.

A native of the eastern United States, Texas to Colorado, north to Wisconsin, east to NewYork, south to Florida

The combination of reddish brown color and creamy spots is distinctive.  A similar relative has larger spots on a smaller body, but is found only in Texas.

Cryptocephalus means "hidden head", which is quite apt, as you can see from the photograph; guttulatus means "with small spots."