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Golden Tortoise Beetle

Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis

Photo by ChimeTsetan
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Field Notes

Notes:

really beautiful bug. A jewel of a bug. :)

Species ID Suggestions

Asian Golden Tortoise beetle

Aspidomorpha sanctaecrucis

Reference Link
Ashish
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Golden Tortoise Beetle

Charidotella (Genus)

Yasser
7

Comments (170)
noeliapa
It's like a little jewel... Beautiful!!
dylanjamesjoaquin
But breeding in a contained environment will help species population.
Leuba Ridgway
Best to leave exotic species (plants, animals) alone. Look at and enjoy them in their native environment.
dylanjamesjoaquin
I would love the have this beautiful species. Some day, I will visit India.
LilBunny
For a second, it looked like it was in amber. Anyone else see that? It's kinda cool
HazelMarley
Woah, it looks like it's in a bubble or a shell!
bg11a17
I have never seen something like that! Congratulations that´s something amazing and pretty!
kaylabroski24
It looks like it's made out of gold. That's really cool!
Ratih Perwita S
hey waktu kecil aku juga pernah menemukan yang seperti ini di daerah sekitar rumahku. Aku menemukan banyak sekali serangga yang seperti itu.
Mona Pirih
wow... that's very nice series... Amazing creature.. I can see the golden tortoise inside. Very beautiful..
ChimeTsetan
thank you childs.kj. for bringing it to my notice. :) seems like there are many people using the images in their own webpages. its alright. I think they've got the identity of the insect wrongly because they must have taken the image when it was misidentified over here (before Ashish Nimkar corrected it i.e. 7 months before) :)
childs.kj
Your photo is being used in an online article by Scientific American but unfortunately they have it mislabeled as the North American species, Charidotella sexpunctata. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/2012/07/04/glad-you-ditched-the-anal-fork-golden-tortoise-beetle/#comment-87
ChimeTsetan
thank you everyone. Aaron, i don't know who posted it there. :) let them enjoy.
Aaron_G
I just saw that your lovely beetle was featured on a popular Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=446624885391231&set=a.342434892476898.89335.338077742912613
JamesFunk
Wish I could favorite that a thousand times!
YukoChartraw
The beauty of this beetle is just unbelievable! I wish I could see this beetle with my own eyes someday.
ChimeTsetan
Thank you everyone. :) i am happy to see all the appreciations showered on the bug and the picture. :)
Muckpuk
I had the pleasure of seeing one and posting it but those pictures cam out NO WAY as Beautiful as yours! I LOVED the macro one. What a cutey!
hobopd
look at its back. its amazing!!!!!!!!!
adenlb
That's amazing! Thank you for sharing such an awesome specimen!
JeannePickles
Wow!! The best species and photo i've seen on here yet! :)
KuheliBD
Oh man!!! this one is stunning...never seen before

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Biodiversity of Western Ghats (India)
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Morphed Organism ID
Mission
24 carat life (Indian Organism) in Precious Metallic colours Gold and Silver
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 6, 2011

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