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Chrysoperla larva? No--tortoise beetle larva

Chrysoperla larva? No--tortoise beetle larva
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 6, 2014
Size: 6.0 mm
Chrysoperla larva? No--tortoise beetle larva

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Tortoise Beetle Larvae
http://wilhelmphotoblog.com/tortoise-beetles-gems-of-the-bug-world/
"Turns out, this covering is created by a “fecal fork” that collects dried fecal matter and the molted body layers and are used to camouflage the larvae from predators."

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