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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) » Coptocycla » Anacua Tortoise Beetle (Coptocycla texana)
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Tortoise beetle larva - Coptocycla texana
Copyright © 2009 Wisconsin Oecanthinancy

Tortoise beetle larva - Coptocycla texana
Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
June 7, 2009
Probably the strangest looking bug I've encountered...particularly knowing what it turns into! Exactly what is what on this larva?

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Tortoise beetle - Life Cycle - Coptocycla texana Tortoise beetle larva - Coptocycla texana
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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 11 June, 2009 - 1:52pm
Last updated 17 September, 2009 - 3:39pm

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines.
… Mike Quinn, 17 September, 2009 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

Just Frass in the blob
for protection. This is different from the third image. See
… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2009 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks J & J
I've removed the 3d photo.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 11 June, 2009 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

???
Is the final beetle in the blob? These three phases were found on different trees...so if anyone suspects any of the three or all three are different species, by all means let me know.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 11 June, 2009 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

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