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Tortoise beetle

Eugenysa sp.

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9 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Nice!

anita.luciano
anita.luciano 12 years ago

Thanks!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Tortoise beetles (Eugenysa genus)
http://anotheca.com/wordpress/2010/02/22...

tiberio_graco
tiberio_graco 12 years ago

Probably Family Coccinellidae

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

It´s like cracked glass. Very nice!

anita.luciano
anita.luciano 12 years ago

Hehe, indeed it is, it's just showing off its armor! :-)

Tortoise beetle, yes, that must be it, thanks! And yes, that was about the size of it, you're correct.

Gina9210
Gina9210 12 years ago

Its wearing Roman Body Armor!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Its a Tortoise beetle. Diameter must be 1.5 cm.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Very nice ! Do you know the size ?

anita.luciano
Spotted by
anita.luciano

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Jun 24, 2011
Submitted on Jun 24, 2011

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