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Green and Pink Tortoise Beetle - Cassida relicta
Copyright © 2014 Gacko

Green and Pink Tortoise Beetle - Cassida relicta
Desoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
July 19, 2014
Size: 7mm
The liriope in my back yard finally yielded something besides Striped Lynx spiders! Cassida relicta?

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Contributed by Gacko on 19 July, 2014 - 4:14pm
Last updated 28 July, 2017 - 11:34am

And just for the record:
While I found it on liriope, it was under a canopy of Red Oak and Live Oak and next to a suburban flower garden including Mint, Rudbeckia, Morning Glory, and other garden standards.
… Gacko, 11 August, 2014 - 9:54pm

awesome find, Gacko! native and alive...
Moved from Tortoise Beetles.
… v belov, 19 July, 2014 - 5:10pm

 
ID confirmed by S.M. Clark
… v belov, 25 July, 2014 - 9:02am

 
Native, alive....
...and released.
… Gacko, 19 July, 2014 - 6:05pm

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