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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) » Mesomphaliini » Chelymorpha » Argus Tortoise Beetle (Chelymorpha cassidea)
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Insects hatching - Chelymorpha cassidea
Copyright © 2006 Rusty Moran

Insects hatching - Chelymorpha cassidea
Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
June 21, 2006
Size: 1/2" eggs and insects
Spotted these eggs and hatching insects on the underside of a leaf. Can anyone id the species? (I realize the picture isn't the sharpest.) Thanks in advance.
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Contributed by Rusty Moran on 21 June, 2006 - 7:38pm
Last updated 7 March, 2010 - 7:32pm

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines.
… Ed Riley, 7 March, 2010 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 2 July, 2008 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

tortoise beetle larvae
Definitely tortoise beetle (cassidine) larvae. Host plant could help with further ID.
… John R. Watts, 2 July, 2008 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
Host plant
The leaf looks like some kind of monocot, e.g. Poaceae or Liliaceae. That would rule out a lot of tortoise beetles, but I'm not sure what it rules in--the only monocot-feeding tortoise beetle I can think of offhand is the palmetto tortoise beetle, but its eggs are quite different (and I imagine Virginia is a bit far north for that).
Apparently a close relative of the one that laid these on a morning glory leaf:
… Charley Eiseman, 4 November, 2009 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Wider view of leaf?
Rusty, if you could provide a wider view of the leaf (from the uncropped original or related photos), I might be able to recognize the plant.
… John Pearson, 25 December, 2009 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

 
No wider view
John, I do not have a wider view, unfortunately.
… Rusty Moran, 26 December, 2009 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

Chrysomelidae.
Larvae of some kind of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Quite possibly they are tortoise beetle larvae, given the long spines on the "tail."
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 June, 2006 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you again for the infor
Thank you again for the informative answers to both this and the grasshopper.
… Rusty Moran, 22 June, 2006 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

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