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Description:

A small beetle of size around less than 1 cm..

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Ashish
Ashish 11 years ago
Jeweled Tortoise Beetle
Cassida/Taiwania Circumdata ¡¾ÇʳáÄ¿ColeopteraÀ¥³æͼ¼®¡¿_guan´óÈ˸®°É_°Ù¶ÈÌù°É


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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Sumukha haven't you checked...?
Genus Taiwania...
http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/...

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

They really look alike, thanks Sumukha

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/...

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Very pretty!!

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Thanks Karen..:-)

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KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Beautiful Sumukha!

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Thanks for the ID JuanDiTrani..:)

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Yes it is..! Thank u Argy Bee..:-)

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Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

this is a Tortoise beetle (Cassidinae)

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

A living jewel.

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Sumukha Javagal
Spotted by
Sumukha Javagal

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Jan 12, 2012
Submitted on Jun 14, 2012

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