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Golden tortoise beetle

Charidotella sexpunctata

Description:

Iridescent gold w/ clear hood, a bit smaller than a lady bug.

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1 Comment

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 11 years ago

It's a Tortoise Beetle, and this one is a Charidotella sp. there are 3 very similar that can look all gold like this, so it's hard for me to call, but I think this one is Charidotella succina, but that is just a guess. See them here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/633889/bgp...

Ross E. Benson
Spotted by
Ross E. Benson

Erie, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Jul 19, 2012
Submitted on Jul 20, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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