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Chelymorpha cribraria (red form)
Native to S. America & West Indies; established in FL. Suburban park in shrubs and vines.
I always love finding these beetles at this location, and I normally see a few. This one today seemed busy about its eggs.
Spotted on Jul 24, 2014
Submitted on Jul 25, 2014
5 Comments
Nice spotting, LivanEscudero.
Wow! Those eggs...
Thank you. This is on the underside of a vine leaf (most likely a morning glory of some kind, though I couldn't tell you which). I held the leaf turned over for the photo. The beetle did not seemed to be disturbed.
Nice! I have not yet seen one laying eggs. Thanks for sharing! :-)
Beautiful!