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Yellow ladybug? - Chelymorpha cassidea
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Yellow ladybug? - Chelymorpha cassidea
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
May 10, 2009
Size: ~8mm

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Contributed by Chris070503 on 10 May, 2009 - 12:03pm
Last updated 14 August, 2009 - 9:04pm

Host plant
Strongly arrow-shaped leaf is suggestive of Salt Marsh Morning-glory (Ipomoea sagittata).
… John Pearson, 1 January, 2010 - 12:47pm

Moved
Moved from Chelymorpha.
… v belov, 14 August, 2009 - 9:04pm

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