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Tortoise Beetle larva

Photo by KeithRoragen
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Field Notes

Description:

About 7mm long

Habitat:

Mostly rural area

Notes:

Found while sweep netting vegetation. Seems likely this is an Argus Tortoise Beetle larva with fecal shield. 78

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Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Nice spotting, Keith! It's very interesting and a bit gross, haha!

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PublishedJune 22, 2013

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