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Tortoise Beetle

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Looked like a shining dot of metal in the leaf axil of a sunflower plant. When I zoomed in I saw it had a touch of "blue" too.

Habitat:

In an office garden right in the heart of the city.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
SukanyaDatta
I'll change the common name, then. Thanks JuanEstebanCeballosGartner, I am seeing quite a few of these...now it is monsoon time and many bugs come out.

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedJuly 2, 2014

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