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Geiger Tortoise Beetle (Physonota calochroma floridensis)
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Copyright © 2005
Alan Chin Lee
Geiger tortoise beetle -
Physonota calochroma
Key West, Florida, USA
This colorful beetle is a pest of the geiger-tree (Cordia sebestena). When adults are present, they are found easily looking under the foliage or shaking the tree causing them to fly out.
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Contributed by
Alan Chin Lee
on 2 March, 2005 - 9:41pm
Very neat set of photos.
Very neat set of photos.
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Lynette Elliott
, 3 March, 2005 - 6:09am
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