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to show its large shield-shaped
This was an interesting find - a colony of limpets with a blue
Brown bug appox 1.5 - 2 cm in length , white rimmed outer
Brown shell, black and white spots along ...
last pic). On examination of the pics I believe it to be a Saw-
± 3 mm - I have a feeling this is the first and second instar of a
red limbs but black tips on its antennae. The back half of it's
that looks like a tortoise or turtle
Shield Snails are of the Opisthobranchia ...
White shield with black dots, and some ...
The meaning of the scientific name is very nice: Diogenes because he lives in a ...
Velutinidae.
Black velvety with green.
The ear-shaped
. Cephalaspidea or Headshield Snails are of the Opisthobranchia group, some of ...
turtles (Testudines). Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises ...
podem estressá-los____(English)____They are animals that have convex hull, ...
A wonderfully patterned Tortoise Beetle that I've never seen before. About 1 cm ...
), characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous
, this species is (usually) easily distinguished by its wide plastron (the ...
of the Chelodina and Macrochelodina genera to have well developed neural ...
