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Tortoise beetle larva

Description:

This astonishing larva has a huge, feathered, beautiful "tail", that it folds over its body to protect itself!

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5 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 8 years ago

Puxa, impressionante!!!

eulalia rubio
eulalia rubio 9 years ago

Qué extraño.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Very interesting ! Reminds me of a limacodid caterpillar as well. Sergio, do you have any information on this, please - would like to read about it. Thanks.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

wow!

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

Nice!, I specially like the third picture

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 26, 2014
Submitted on Jan 26, 2014

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