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Sunday, June 14, 2015

The Unknown Is Known! -- Unknown Insect, That Is: Argus Tortoise Beetle

With help from friends on the Ugly Hedgehog Photography Forum, I have learned what the ladybug-lookalike of the previous post really is.  When I mentioned Leaf Beetle, I was getting close, very warm -- I was in the right family, at least!  What it is, is an Argus Tortoise Beetle -- Chelymorpha cassidea.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/6911/bgimage
and
http://www.fnanaturesearch.org/index.php?option=com_naturesearch&task=view&id=1200













1 comment:

  1. Congratulations on figuring that out. I wondered if you would be able to discover what it was.

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