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tortoise shell beetle

Aspidomorpha sp.

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

Cassidinae

Habitat:

Village garden in foothills of Cyclops Mountains.

Notes:

This tortoise shell beetle hitch-hiked to our place in a bag of cassava root brought from a village garden. Note this beetle is just under the size of a US dime coin, i.e. <18 mm.

Coordinate position uncertain.

Species ID Suggestions

Dune Tortoise Beetle

Aspidomorpha puncticosta

Reference Link
Ashish
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Comments (7)
Ashish
Hi Frazier... check.. http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=58920
Ashish
http://www.imdap.entomol.ntu.edu.tw/CommonInsectImage.php?CIindex=image&L=E&CI_ID=14226
Ashish
Alike from... Cassidinae
Harsha Singh
I have fallen in love with these beetles at project noah. :)
Dangermouse
That looks so cool! Almost seethrough in patches. Wow, really unnusual (to me!)
lori.tas
I think you might have a Golden Tortoise beetle (Aspidomorpha sanctaecrucis), which has dulled down its color - they can change color very rapidly when disturbed by adding or removing liquid from immediately under their shell.

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PublishedJuly 24, 2011

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