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Imperial Tortoise Beetle

Stolas imperialis

Description:

Sometimes words simply aren't good enough to describe what I find...

Notes:

Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Mesomphaliini, Stolas imperialis. Here is a link for another source: http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/kat...

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Imperial Tortoise Beetle
Stolas imperialis Stolas imperialis Spaeth 1898:588


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73 Comments (1–25)

Congratulations! Beautiful!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 6 years ago

Thank you James.

james.dunn
james.dunn 6 years ago

That is one of the most interesting beetles that we have ever seen. Great find.

InêsVeloso
InêsVeloso 8 years ago

wow...

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 8 years ago

Oh my...

ida snow
ida snow 8 years ago

I live in Nova Scotia Canadar two years ago I reached inside my mail box and got stung it was excruciating felt like a serious burn but not visible,,, from accidentally touching an insect, it really resembled the Tortoise Beetle. i still wonder does anyone have information on what the insect may have been.......
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MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 8 years ago

Linda

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 9 years ago

Thank you again theridula.

theridula
theridula 9 years ago

Just letting you know, the mites are the parasitic larvae of a family distantly related to true velvet mites (Trombidiidae) called Erythraeidae. Unfortunately, I cannot identify the subfamily or genus without seeing the mites closer. Nice photo!

kerry.vaneeden
kerry.vaneeden 9 years ago

That is a truly beautiful beetle you spotted.

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 9 years ago

I am in awe.

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Incredible spotting Sergio!!! Congrats!!!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 9 years ago

To all of you that favorited and praised this spotting obrigado, thank you, gracias, merci, danke, धन्यवाद, 谢谢, salamat, ありがとう. @yunseong1: no, it is not poisonous at all.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 years ago

Congrats sergio, amazing SOTD!

yunseong1
yunseong1 9 years ago

Is it poisonous?This beetle looks really interesting.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Congratulations Sergio - well deserved, of course !!

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 9 years ago

wow!!!! what a beautiful spotting Sergio... Congrats....

Tom15
Tom15 9 years ago

Way to go Sergio, congrats on a great SOTD!

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

😃😃

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 9 years ago

It was just a joke, bayucca. There is plenty of "cold blondes" for all of us... :-)

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Ha, Sergio, I suggest another order...

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 9 years ago

To all people that liked and made such nice comments on this one, thank you very much. To Yasser, thanks a lot for choosing one of my spottings as SOTD again. It is, and always will be, an honor. To bayucca, I am still waiting you to come here, so we can make a field trip together - lots of butterflies and longhorn beetles here, you know. To Mark, I am waiting you here too, so we can have some beers while bayucca works on the IDs... :-)

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 9 years ago

Congratulations Sergio. You did it again!

Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 9 years ago

Congrats Sergio!!!Superb!!

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 9 years ago

Very Amazing!!! Congrats Sergio! :)

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 15, 2014
Submitted on Nov 16, 2014

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