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Tortoise beetle

Stolas sp.




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13 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 3 months ago

Wow!!! So fascinating!!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 6 months ago

This is so beautiful :)

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 6 months ago

very pretty..and fabolous pic..

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 6 months ago

Sharp Beetle!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 6 months ago

Must be as per Genus indicated by bayucca.

http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/Bor...

bayucca
bayucca 6 months ago

Stolas sp.

Jellis
Jellis 6 months ago

and could be close to this
Cyrtonota sp.
Cassidinae

Jellis
Jellis 6 months ago

looks really close to this
http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 6 months ago

Juan is there any specific tribe within Cassidinae family for such bare head beetles...?

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 6 months ago

This one mimic a Lady Beetle.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 6 months ago

Great find Juan....
Did you find inter specie breeding in such Tortoise shell beetles in South America... ?

Beautiful cache Juan,perfect spotting great photos,amazing biodiversity you have in your page,very good work,congrats and thanks for sharing :)

Panama

Lat: 8.60, Long: -80.13

Spotted on Nov 13, 2012
Submitted on Nov 14, 2012

Spotted for missions

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