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Argus Tortoise Beetle

Chelymorpha cassidea

Description:

The size of a large lady beetle; symmetric spotting

Habitat:

Pasadena, TX; originally landed on Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'; backyard

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2 Comments

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Hi christopherkyle, it's a good thing you didn't add this to the Ladybug mission because it isn't a ladybug at all. It's a Tortoise Beetle! Cool spotting.

You could add this to the Beetles! mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1150...

christopherkyle
Spotted by
christopherkyle

Texas, USA

Spotted on Mar 13, 2013
Submitted on Mar 13, 2013

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