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Tortoise Beetle

Charidotella ormondensis

Description:

Mostly brown, but partially transparent shell. Small antennae protrude from under the shell (photo 4).

Habitat:

Underside of a leaf on a tree in hardwoods

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1 Comment

Tukup
Tukup 5 years ago

Now "that" Tortoise Beetle actually looks like a tortoise. Looks like a Cheridotella <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charidotel...> but that is obviously just a guess. Nice spotting Machi.

Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Spotted on Feb 2, 2019
Submitted on Apr 26, 2019

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