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Tortoise beetle

Stolas antiqua (Sahlberg)

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Description:

4 mm. Looks like a battle tank, but has legs...

Species ID Suggestions

Tortoise beetle

Cyrtonota sp.

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Juan DiTrani
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Comments (7)
Sergio Monteiro
Yes id does, Karen. It is funny to see these guys moving on the leaves surface, cause we don't see their legs, and they just seem to slide from one side to the other.
Sergio Monteiro
Yes Martin, I agree with you. The problem is, there aren't many sources in the internet about brazilian (or south american) insects, so I couldn't ID it so far. (The BugGuide.net makes no reference to it, which makes me think it is a native species)
MartinL
This is an adult tortoise beetle. Most are brightly colored.
ChunXingWong
Bizzare, I can't make it out with all those covers.
Sergio Monteiro
I thought it could a tortoise beetle nimph, but didn't find anything about it.

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Tortoise beetles of Paraná, Brazil
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PublishedNovember 24, 2011

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