#cassida

[herpsandbirds]

Neon Tortoise Beetles (Cassida azurea), family Chrysomelidae, Pest, Hungary

photograph by Nikola Rahmé

[razehider]

like all beetles, tortoise beetles such as Cassida rubiginosa exhibit extreme loser behavior when mating is involved. look at this bumbling cuck

(April 9th, 2025)

[onenicebugperday]

can you identify this strange little guy adorned with ancient golden runes? (QLD, Australia)

I sure can! It's a shiny tortoise beetle in the genus Cassida, I think proooobably Cassida compuncta.

[littlebosslady7]

Cassida did not truly renounce Saranrae in her final moments.

[mosswolf]

the wonderful @paintedsunshine drew cassida branwell unwanted daughters and just look at her :') my girl!!! my doctorwitch!!!! aaa!!!

[ifelten]

Art af skjoldbille (Cassida stigmatica)

På foderplanten rejnfan (Tanacetum vulgare).

Species of leaf beetle (Cassida stigmatica)

On this food plant, Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare).

[usgsbiml]

Hold Poo Over its Body - Yep, this is Cassida rubiginosa the Thistle Tortoise Beetle brought over here to fight the Canada Thistle, which is not actually from Canada, but just another example of how we try to bring Canada down by associating it with Alien Pests.  This species holds a little pile of animal poo over its body as a clever disguise (would you eat poo?) using its long prongs on its tail end (poo removed in this picture).  Thanks to Ashley Bradford for pointing all this out and finding this critter at the Pickering Creek BioBlitz this weekend.

[drhoz]

#1589 - Cassida compuncta - Green Tortoise Beetle

‎Found by Rachel Hughes‎ in Kerry Qld. 

A leaf beetle that feeds on Ipomoea cairica (Mile-a-minute, a common weed in disturbed areas along the Eastern coast) and other plants in the Morning Glory family. That’s made it quite a pest of sweet potato, especially once it managed to get to Fiji. It’s similarly become an unwelcome arrival in New Zealand.