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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) » Unidentified immatures

Unidentified immatures

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no clue tortoise beetle larvae on sawtooth sunflower larva cluster Tortoise Beetle Larvae beetle nymph ? Tortoise beetle larva Slug Caterpillar? - Cassidinae beetle larvae Tortoise Beetle nymph ?
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
No Taxon Unidentified immatures
Identification
Many tend to carry a lump of their own frass around above them, to deter predators.
Agroiconota bivittata
Cassida piperata C. relicta C. rubiginosa
Charidotella sexpunctata
Coptocycla texana
Deloyala guttata
Gratiana boliviana G. pallidula
Plagiometriona clavata
Hemisphaerota cyanea
Baliosus nervosus
Microrhopala vittata
Odontota dorsalis
Sumitrosis inaequalis S. rosea
Physonota alutacea Ph. arizonae Ph. calochroma floridensis Ph. helianthi Ph. unipunctata
Chelymorpha cassidea Ch. cribraria Ch. phytophagica
See Also
Slug moth caterpillars may look very similar, but they don't normally carry frass: Isa textula
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 5 May, 2021 - 9:40am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 20 June, 2023 - 5:23pm

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