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tortoise shell beetle

Aspidomorpha sp.

Description:

Cassidinae

Habitat:

Village garden in foothills of Cyclops Mountains.

Notes:

This tortoise shell beetle hitch-hiked to our place in a bag of cassava root brought from a village garden. Note this beetle is just under the size of a US dime coin, i.e. <18 mm. Coordinate position uncertain.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
Dune Tortoise Beetle
Aspidomorpha puncticosta Cassidinae (tortoise beetles)


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7 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Thanks all, from some time ago...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Alike from... Cassidinae

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

I have fallen in love with these beetles at project noah. :)

Dangermouse
Dangermouse 12 years ago

That looks so cool! Almost seethrough in patches. Wow, really unnusual (to me!)

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

I think you might have a Golden Tortoise beetle (Aspidomorpha sanctaecrucis), which has dulled down its color - they can change color very rapidly when disturbed by adding or removing liquid from immediately under their shell.

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Jul 25, 2010
Submitted on Jul 24, 2011

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