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Stolas imperialis
Sometimes words simply aren't good enough to describe what I find...
Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Mesomphaliini, Stolas imperialis. Here is a link for another source: http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/kat...
That is one of the most interesting beetles that we have ever seen. Great find.
I live in Nova Scotia Canadar two years ago I reached inside my mail box and got stung it was excruciating felt like a serious burn but not visible,,, from accidentally touching an insect, it really resembled the Tortoise Beetle. i still wonder does anyone have information on what the insect may have been.......
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Just letting you know, the mites are the parasitic larvae of a family distantly related to true velvet mites (Trombidiidae) called Erythraeidae. Unfortunately, I cannot identify the subfamily or genus without seeing the mites closer. Nice photo!
To all of you that favorited and praised this spotting obrigado, thank you, gracias, merci, danke, धन्यवाद, 谢谢, salamat, ありがとう. @yunseong1: no, it is not poisonous at all.
It was just a joke, bayucca. There is plenty of "cold blondes" for all of us... :-)
To all people that liked and made such nice comments on this one, thank you very much. To Yasser, thanks a lot for choosing one of my spottings as SOTD again. It is, and always will be, an honor. To bayucca, I am still waiting you to come here, so we can make a field trip together - lots of butterflies and longhorn beetles here, you know. To Mark, I am waiting you here too, so we can have some beers while bayucca works on the IDs... :-)
Spotted on Nov 15, 2014
Submitted on Nov 16, 2014
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