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Tortoise beetle larva

Description:

About 7 mm body size. Second photo shows the back of the larva with some frass. This design really does not make sense to me...

Habitat:

Meadow, temporary wetland close to siphpiso river (seasonal)

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4 Comments

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Thank you Kate :) I agree, it is a bit freaky looking. The larvae of the beautiful tortoise beetle was not my first guess at all!

KateBraun
KateBraun 9 years ago

Well spotted! You certainly have the eye for spotting the unusual!

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Haha, I think we all do... It is just the colour that is different!

Sckel
Sckel 9 years ago

I like this guy. In the morning, I can have this hairstyle in my hair

Tiz
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Tiz

Sifundza seLubombo, Swaziland

Spotted on Apr 4, 2014
Submitted on May 15, 2014

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