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Cassidinae on bindweed. Pupa - Charidotella sexpunctata
Copyright © 2009 Beatriz Moisset

Cassidinae on bindweed. Pupa - Charidotella sexpunctata
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 31, 2009
Size: 6 mm.
It moved from the bindweed, found a secluded place on a drying leaf of goldenrod, dropped its fecal shield and pupated. I can't wait to see the adult.

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Cassidinae on bindweed. Larva - Charidotella sexpunctata Cassidinae on bindweed. Larva covered by fecal shield. - Charidotella sexpunctata Cassidinae on bindweed. Larva waving fecal shield. Cassidinae on bindweed. Larva depositing a drop of excreta. - Charidotella sexpunctata Cassidinae on bindweed. Larva depositing a drop of excreta. - Charidotella sexpunctata Cassidinae on bindweed. Pupa - Charidotella sexpunctata Cassidinae on bindweed. Pupa 6 days later - Charidotella sexpunctata Cassidinae on bindweed. Empty pupal case - Charidotella sexpunctata Cassidinae on bindweed. Hinged mechanism - Charidotella sexpunctata Cassidinae on bindweed. Newly emerged Cassidinae on bindweed. A day later - Charidotella sexpunctata
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 1 August, 2009 - 6:40pm
Last updated 6 August, 2009 - 8:29pm

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines.
… Beatriz Moisset, 5 August, 2009 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

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