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Tortoise beetle

Stolas lacordairei (Boheman)

Description:

This tortoise beetle would be beautiful enough with its metallic grey color with black spots. But the green dots in the black spots look like enclosed emeralds, and turn it into a real jewel of a beetle.

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7 Comments

Muckpuk
Muckpuk 11 years ago

Very Very lovely!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Thanks a lot, Martin.

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

You've done it again. That is amazing!!!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Gerardo, Lisa and Keith, thank you.@Keith: I found one like this before, but I couldn't take good photos then.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow very cool :)

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

Nice. This looks like a new one for you.

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

Exquisite

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Dec 4, 2012
Submitted on Dec 6, 2012

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