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Tortoise Beetle

Cassidinae

Description:

Thanks, Bayucca! Had no idea what it was...

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Tortoise Beetle
Cassidinae


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4 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Its very close to American Mottled Tortoise Beetle...
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/02/m...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/13540

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 11 years ago

Yes, Kenneth, that is what is so neat about Project Noah, there are experts like Bayucca to help us learn!

KennethDG
KennethDG 11 years ago

i found one of those on our garden, at that time i had no idea what it was :)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

It is not a insect nymph, but an adult Tortoise Beetle (Cassidinae). Looks similar to Microtenochira flavonotata (sorry, no electronical link).

MatthewKritzer
Spotted by
MatthewKritzer

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on May 25, 2012
Submitted on May 25, 2012

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