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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Tortoise Beetles (Cassidini) » Jonthonota » Blacklegged Tortoise Beetle (Jonthonota nigripes)
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Which Ladybug? - Jonthonota nigripes
Copyright © 2007 Robert L. Pearson

Which Ladybug? - Jonthonota nigripes
Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
May 13, 2007

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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 17 June, 2007 - 12:02am
Last updated 17 September, 2009 - 2:28pm

Moved
Moved from Golden Tortoise Beetle.
… Mike Quinn, 17 September, 2009 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chelymorpha.
… Jim McClarin, 9 July, 2008 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

This is Charidotella sexpunct
This is Charidotella sexpunctata. Note the explanate pronotum. Chelymorpha does not have this trait.
… John Randall Watts, 9 July, 2008 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

This is a Tortoise Beetle.
One big difference is that these members of the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae, have the head hidden beneath an extended pronotum. Another is their much larger antennae. Also, Tortoise Beetles usually have a flared-out margin all around that helps keep them from being flipped over by a predator when the clasp down tightly on a leaf.
… Jim McClarin, 17 June, 2007 - 6:38am login or register to post comments

 
Chelymorpha
haven´t got much to add to Jim´s comment except the genus is Chelymorpha
… Rob Westerduijn, 18 June, 2007 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

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