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Labybug Friend or Foe - Chelymorpha cassidea
Copyright © 2015 Blondee

Labybug Friend or Foe - Chelymorpha cassidea
Tilbury, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada
April 10, 2015
Size: 10 mm
I was cleaning out my garden bed and found this beetle. It was bigger then the other orange asian ladybugs that were dormant in my garden. Never seen one like this before.
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Contributed by Blondee on 10 April, 2015 - 5:42pm
Last updated 19 August, 2015 - 2:47pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 10 April, 2015 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

do you have a dorsal view? i think this is Chelymorpha cassidea
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… metrioptera, 10 April, 2015 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Chelymorpha cassidea. Th
Yes, Chelymorpha cassidea. That is it. Thank You.. First time ever seeing one. Is it a good beetle or bad?
… Blondee, 10 April, 2015 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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