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Tortoise beetle

Cassida circumdata

Photo by sunnyjosef
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

These mating pair is being watched by Chalcid wasps which eat their eggs and larvae. The size of the beetle is about 7mm for the female and 5mm for the male. The wasps are about 1mm in size being one of the smallest wasps. They were perhaps being attracted by the pheromones released by the beetles. a mystery for me.

Habitat:

Meadows and shrubs.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
sunnyjosef
Thanks SatyenM.. But they are different. The wasps are more clear in the new post and their number also differs. Thanks again.
Wild Things
Sunny, the second pic over here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38121110 is the same as this.

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PublishedSeptember 7, 2013

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