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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Tortoise Beetles (Cassidini) » Coptocycla » Anacua Tortoise Beetle (Coptocycla texana)
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Tortoise beetle - Coptocycla texana
Copyright © 2007 Penny Crispin

Tortoise beetle - Coptocycla texana
Lake Corpus Christi, San Patricio County, Texas, USA
March 24, 2007

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Contributed by Penny Crispin on 9 April, 2007 - 2:08pm
Last updated 20 June, 2007 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles.
… Mike Quinn, 20 June, 2007 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Nice find, nice photos
The only ones I've seen have been very drab. Quite pretty, this.
… Ron Hemberger, 9 April, 2007 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, she's very pretty.
I got so excited when I saw her that even the non-bug people around me took pictures of her, too. Now she's famous.
… Penny Crispin, 9 April, 2007 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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