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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Tortoise Beetles (Cassidini) » Plagiometriona » Clavate Tortoise Beetle (Plagiometriona clavata)
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Clavate Tortoise Beetle larvae - Plagiometriona clavata
Copyright © 2008 kwisawis

Clavate Tortoise Beetle larvae - Plagiometriona clavata
Maine, USA
July 12, 2008
Size: tiny, maybe 2 millimeters
this guy looks like he is munching away, found on leaf with many tiny holes. Of course he is so small he's not doing much damage...when I touched him with my fingernail, his tail thingy (fecal shield) would move up to a more 90 degree position. I also wonder if he may be related to the beetle looking guy I posted a pic of just before this?

thanks!

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Clavate Tortoise Beetle larvae - Plagiometriona clavata found eating tomato leaf - Plagiometriona clavata
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Contributed by kwisawis on 14 July, 2008 - 12:54am
Last updated 17 July, 2008 - 11:10pm

BTW
Beetles and other insects with complete metamorphosis have larvae. True bugs and those with incomplete metamorphosis have nymphs.
Many people don't know this; that is why the glossary is so helpful.
… Beatriz Moisset, 16 July, 2008 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
thanks for the info! I took the word "nymph" from this photo, which looked like what I had found... now I know!
… kwisawis, 17 July, 2008 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

I believe it is a Tortoise Bettle larva...
but I think it will be hard to tell which species from these pictures.

Please read the comments on these pictures about the fecal shield...

… Ron M., 14 July, 2008 - 5:23am login or register to post comments

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