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another of these tortoise beetles - Cassida piperata
Copyright © 2007 Tim Moyer

another of these tortoise beetles - Cassida piperata
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
October 3, 2007
view of mid and fore tarsi - showing considerable spread on the claws (the tarsi really are right side down, for some reason they just seem wrong side up in this shot)

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 5 October, 2007 - 9:49pm
Last updated 14 July, 2010 - 6:53am

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles.
… tom murray, 25 December, 2007 - 8:24am

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