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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) » Ischyrosonychini » Physonota » Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle (Physonota alutacea)
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beetle larva - Physonota alutacea
Copyright © 2012 john and jane balaban

beetle larva - Physonota alutacea
Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
April 11, 2012
Size: ~12mm
Jane went into the visitor center to learn about the sanctuary. John got his camera ready and found this first bug right in the parking lot. We assume this is the Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle larva.
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 May, 2012 - 7:34pm
Last updated 3 May, 2012 - 7:58am

oh wow
I'm officially jealous.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 May, 2012 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
They are exotic looking, aren't they?
Wish I had gotten a little more perpendicular. He's not quite all in the same plane.
… john and jane balaban, 6 May, 2012 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

awesome.
… v belov, 3 May, 2012 - 1:01am login or register to post comments

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