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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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Teddy Bear Bug - Plagiometriona clavata
Copyright © 2009 Jane

Teddy Bear Bug - Plagiometriona clavata
Upstate NY, New York, USA
June 16, 2009
Size: small
On potato and tomato leaves. Garden bug
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Contributed by Jane on 3 July, 2009 - 8:32am
Last updated 15 July, 2009 - 8:01pm

Cute.
I like your description, Jane:-) This is one of the tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 July, 2009 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

 
Tortoise Beetle, Eric
Ahhh thank you so much Eric! tortoise beetle hummn mystery solved =)
… Jane, 3 July, 2009 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

 
Plagiometriona clavata - Clavate Tortoise Beetle
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i agree w/Eric on both the ID and praise for your metaphor
… v belov, 3 July, 2009 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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