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Tortoise Beetle

Chelymorpha cribraria

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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25.6952, -80.3711

Field Notes

Habitat:

fields, parks, gardens, shrubs

Notes:

I always like seeing these guys. Here in South FL, I've only come across the red and black color form (like this one). Looking forward to spotting the red/golden form one day. See here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/182588

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PublishedMarch 16, 2013

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