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Green Tortoise Beetle

Cassida circumdata

Description:

I found it floating on a tub of water this afternoon, and deposited it on a torenia plant. Noted it opened and fanned its wing covers a number of times, probably drying itself in the process.

Habitat:

Backyard

Notes:

Thank you, Mr Jason Alexander, for the ID.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
Golden Tortoise beetle
Coptocycla leprosa Coptocycla leprosa (Boheman, 1855) -- Discover Life
Green Tortoise Beetle
Cassida circumdata


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10 Comments

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Welcome starleaf!

starleaf
starleaf 12 years ago

Glad to be of help. I'll pop over to your spottings to take a look.

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 12 years ago

Hi Starleaf, thanks for the info on sweet potato bug. I also have spotted one beetle like your golden tortoise beetle.

starleaf
starleaf 12 years ago

Thanks for the nicest comments. Like what you mentioned, I've never known such beauty exists until it was viewed on macro.

aldrin
aldrin 12 years ago

it's really amazing to see small animals in larger scale.. often times, we don't realize how beautiful the macro life is, until we get to see these kind of pictures. very nice spotting!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

That is reflection of surrounding... Such differences I imagined here on Project Noah..!! Lot to learn here...!!

starleaf
starleaf 12 years ago

Thanks for your comments. And thanks for the ID, AshishNimkar - I thought it was a green one.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes..interesting organism..!!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Lovely! Welcome to project noah!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

It's beautiful. Looks like it was posing for you.

starleaf
Spotted by
starleaf

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Aug 27, 2011
Submitted on Aug 27, 2011

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