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Holy Cross Tortoise Beetle

Aspidomorpha santaecrucis

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C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago
Tortoise Beetle
Aspidimorpha sp
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DonnaBollenbach
DonnaBollenbach 11 years ago
Holy Cross Tortoise beetle
Aspidomorpha santaecrucis "Holy-Cross" Tortoise beetle from W-Java | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


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5 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Fascinating!!

DyahPitaloca
DyahPitaloca 11 years ago

yup, Gilma. so unique, right? :)

DyahPitaloca
DyahPitaloca 11 years ago

I have found from browsing, a holy cross tortoise beetle named from Java. thanks for the additional information Sydes. :)

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman 11 years ago

Another cute Tortoise beetle but this one has a little hump on it's back?!

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

Similar to our Fool's Gold Tortoise Beetle (Aspidimorpha tecta) but I think this species is restricted to Africa.

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DyahPitaloca
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DyahPitaloca

Indonesia

Spotted on Feb 22, 2013
Submitted on Feb 22, 2013

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