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Red tortoise beetle

Chrysomeliade, Cassidini, Calyptocephala nigricornis

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10 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Adarsha, there are around 500 species of tortoise beetles in Brazil. Which means that I still have a long way to go...

namitha
namitha 11 years ago

Very cool spotting Sergio, without those antennas it looks like sliced red capsicum.

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

So reddish :) How many kinds of tortoise beetles are there in Brazil!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Luis, Antonio, Keith, Gilma, Karen and Agnes, thank you.

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Just amazing... A feast for KeithRoragen :)

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

A bell pepper beetle!

Red...So lovely, thanks for sharing all your great spottings.

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

Wow!

Wow Xará gorgeous one,perfect,congrats and thanks for sharing,super stuff :-)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Congrats Sergio, this is a great find.

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Dec 12, 2012
Submitted on Dec 12, 2012

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