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Green Tortoise Beetle

Cassida circumdata

Photo by starleaf
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Field Notes

Description:

I found it floating on a tub of water this afternoon, and deposited it on a torenia plant. Noted it opened and fanned its wing covers a number of times, probably drying itself in the process.

Habitat:

Backyard

Notes:

Thank you, Mr Jason Alexander, for the ID.

Species ID Suggestions

Green Tortoise Beetle

Cassida circumdata
Jason Alexander
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Golden Tortoise beetle

Coptocycla leprosa

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Ashish
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Comments (10)
starleaf
Glad to be of help. I'll pop over to your spottings to take a look.
shekainah d. alaban
Hi Starleaf, thanks for the info on sweet potato bug. I also have spotted one beetle like your golden tortoise beetle.
starleaf
Thanks for the nicest comments. Like what you mentioned, I've never known such beauty exists until it was viewed on macro.
aldrin
it's really amazing to see small animals in larger scale.. often times, we don't realize how beautiful the macro life is, until we get to see these kind of pictures. very nice spotting!
Ashish
That is reflection of surrounding... Such differences I imagined here on Project Noah..!! Lot to learn here...!!
starleaf
Thanks for your comments. And thanks for the ID, AshishNimkar - I thought it was a green one.
Ashish
Yes..interesting organism..!!
Harsha Singh
It's beautiful. Looks like it was posing for you.

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PublishedAugust 27, 2011

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