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Spiny Leaf Beetle

Platypria echidna

Photo by TamalDas
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File:Platypria echidna.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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Comments (7)
TamalDas
Thanks Felix Fleck and Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman and Diaz José Miguel
TamalDas
Thank you Christine Y. for helping me ID this. It is indeed species of Platypria.
Christine Y.
Beautiful bug! It definitely looks like a leaf beetle, as Felix suggested. Here's another link with a similar species of Platypria: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platypria_echidna.jpg
Felix Fleck
Amazing critter! This one looks similar http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/118456113

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PublishedAugust 17, 2016

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