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Unnamed spotting

Description:

As in photo. Like a tortoise beetle but with the strange spike on its back.

Habitat:

Countryside near the village on the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Tortoise beetle
Dorynota monoceros Dorynota monoceros Germar, 1824:536


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3 Comments

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 3 years ago

Indeed.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 3 years ago

Dorynota monoceros dividida

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 3 years ago

Never seen one with a spike on its back!

Les Catchick
Spotted by
Les Catchick

São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 24, 2019
Submitted on Aug 13, 2020

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