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tortoise beetle

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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-3.80945, -70.1544

Field Notes

Description:

about 3/4cm

Habitat:

primary rainforest

Notes:

I saw my first tortoise beetle on Noah. Ever since I've wanted to see one in the wild. That dream came true in Colombia. This wasn't the first tortoise beetle I saw in Colombia, but it was the first I spotted in the Amazon.

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Dan Doucette
I think that could be a close match, but I'm not sure Chun.

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PublishedMarch 28, 2013

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