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Ladybug

Chrysomelidae: Hispinae

Description:

This ladybug is a transparent with metallic colors. This species belongs to the family Coccinellidae.

Habitat:

In a garden of Alfaro, San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica

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5 Comments

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

no problem with that. but when he knows the name, he had could tell you !! :)

jmunozcr
jmunozcr 12 years ago

Is the same. alvarocartin is my frend. The photo was taken at the same place but by different photographers.

jmunozcr
jmunozcr 12 years ago

Thanks JuanDiTrani. Is a beautiful beetle.

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/770... i just wanted to suggest tortoise beetle, but juan was before me. then i saw this other spotting. isn't this the exact same specimen. then you could also set the id.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

this is a Tortoise beetle (Cassidinae, Chrysomelidae)

jmunozcr
Spotted by
jmunozcr

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 21, 2011
Submitted on Nov 17, 2011

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