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golden tortoise beetle

Photo by JenniferOngko
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Field Notes

Habitat:

grass

Notes:

it is a ladybug which i found in my garden. i don't know the species, please tell me if you know something about it's name. thank you.

Species ID Suggestions

Green Tortoise Beetle

Cassida circumdata
Jason Alexander
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Golden Tortise Beetle

Charidotella sexpunctata

Reference Link
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Comments (8)
JenniferOngko
thanks Wendy and Arushi.. =)) @wendy : i agree with you, really easy at the right season ;)
achmmad
Beautiful, may be related taxa can easily be found throughout Indonesia. I've sees some of them ... Nice shot!
JenniferOngko
thanks karenL , nice 2 know you.. ;) martinl , thanks for the info, i thought this beetle is same as ladybird/ladybug before.. nice 2 know you. . (;
MartinL
A tortoise beetle is a leaf (eating) beetle and a ladybird beetle eats small insects such as aphids. They both have a similar hemispherical shape and are easily mistaken.
KarenL
Beautiful! Welcome to Project Noah Jennifer!
JenniferOngko
thanks alex for that reference.. and thanks too longmustache, for ID this spotting.. =)
AlexKonig
it should be a golden tortoise beetle ( http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7201707 ), i just wanted to link him also as refereces, these beetles variate strong in appearance. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_tortoise_beetle ), here some examples: colorvariations ( http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&safe=off&q=Charidotella+sexpunctata&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=1582l1582l0l12128l1l1l0l0l0l0l126l126l0.1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1201&bih=597&wrapid=tlif132119778639610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi )
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PublishedNovember 13, 2011

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