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Unknown spotting

Description:

Unidentified tortoise beetle. Chrysomelidae family.




2 species ID suggestions

Aspidimorpha
golden tortoise beetle
Cassida versicolor, family Chrysomelidae Golden Tortise Beetle

8 Comments

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander a month ago

Beautiful!

bayucca
bayucca 5 months ago

Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae.

JohanHeyns
JohanHeyns a year ago

Closest I can get: Ischnocodia annulus - Target beetle from Panama

Thank you for the suggestion Johan. There are a lot of Aspidimorpha species! After looking at a sampling of them I notice they all seem to be from the region surrounding the Indian Ocean, and maybe is not very likely for Costa Rica???

Thank you for the suggestion Mary, but Cassida versicolor is an asian species and wouldn't be found in Costa Rica.

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 a year ago

Nice spotting and photo

courtneyhitson
courtneyhitson a year ago

Nice find!

C.Sydes
C.Sydes a year ago

cute

Heredia, Costa Rica

Lat: 10.02, Long: -84.12

Spotted on Apr 23, 2012
Submitted on May 6, 2012

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