Tortoise beetle

Wow! Tortoise beetle with a blue green shell is mind blowing!

Wooooooow!

Very nice indeed =)

Thank you very much, Mandy. And indeed, I scored a lot of points with my wife... :-)

Stunning! It's incredible to think that something so tiny can be so beautiful and intricate. The homage to your wife is sweet, btw.

Thank you, MaryEvans2.

whoa, cool spotting and lovely photos - what a wonderful colored bug!

gorgeous!

Yes, Kalpak, This guy must have much confidence in himself to expose that way.

Thank you all. Craig, you bet!

Wow, they come in blue too! That's so cool. Your wife must be stunning!

Beautiful!

amazing..blue one..

Wow! This thing might have a tough time 'not being spotted'

Happy to be half-right asergio. (I love the little toes just sticking out).

lori.tas, I searched in the site you posted and I think you are half right. Stolas paranensis's frontal plate looks more like my spot's then the festiva's. Aniway, Parana is my home state, so... Paranensis 4ever !!! (hehehe)

"by far the best description I have read on Project Noah asergio!! I am sure your wife will enjoy it! "

the best description and the nice coment to:-)

lgCostaNut, Curator of Good and KarenL, thank you. Ig, I certainly scored a couple points with her... :-D

How beautiful! Great shot asergio!

great shot

by far the best description I have read on Project Noah asergio!! I am sure your wife will enjoy it! nice spotting

lori.tas and martini, you are obviously right. I am fixing the ID now. Thank you for the help. SmallWonders and KarenSaxon, thank you for the comments.

This is a tortoise beetle, Family Chrysomelidae; tribe Cassidinae.
here's some links I found for similar beetles:)
http://bosque-santa.blogspot.com/2009_05...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrien2008/...

Great spot! Beautiful color!

The upturned edge of the shell makes think it's a type of tortoise beetle. It's is truly beautiful.