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Family Chrysomeliade, Tribe Cassidinae
Tortoise beetle larvae cover themselves with their own faeces, to hide from predators. The interesting thing about this one is that if it wasn't using that cover, it would be less visible, because of its green color.
Spotted on Nov 19, 2012
Submitted on Nov 19, 2012
7 Comments
Wow!
I remember this one too, extremely cool!
Very cool insect. They make this structures for protecting against predators and specially parasitoid wasps. Here you can see another example http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/119...
Thanks (sorry I botched the first comment).
I remember that one, it is one of the most amazing spottings I saw in PN. The macaroni larva!
I almost deleted the first 'frass' photos I took thinking they were shots of anonymous debris. But while researching an ID here, I found a link that matched my "debris". http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/790...
fascinating