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Ladybug

Chrysomelidae: Hispinae

Photo by jmunozcr
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Field Notes

Description:

This ladybug is a transparent with metallic colors. This species belongs to the family Coccinellidae.

Habitat:

In a garden of Alfaro, San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
AlexKonig
no problem with that. but when he knows the name, he had could tell you !! :)
jmunozcr
Is the same. alvarocartin is my frend. The photo was taken at the same place but by different photographers.
jmunozcr
Thanks JuanDiTrani. Is a beautiful beetle.
AlexKonig
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7703013 i just wanted to suggest tortoise beetle, but juan was before me. then i saw this other spotting. isn't this the exact same specimen. then you could also set the id.
Juan DiTrani
this is a Tortoise beetle (Cassidinae, Chrysomelidae)
Photographed
PublishedNovember 17, 2011

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