hello my dears... the last time i shot a tortoise beetle it became the most noted post on my blog... so heres another tortoise beetle i saw
what's red and black and gold all over? Chiridopsis scalaris is another tortoise beetle with that cool translucent edge just like my previous asian tortoise beetle sighting. like other tortoise beetles, this one was real small, kinda like pinky nail sized
always makes me so excited to see tortoise beetles. i wish i saw them more often. i regret not taking more pics of this lil guy from more angles but i didnt have long before it flew away
coincidentally, i saw the flat abdomen crab spider (Camaricus maugei) just next to the tortoise beetle, with a strikingly similar colour palette!!
a very common crab spider species that ive somehow never shot before? only for it to appear right next to a tortoise beetle sharing the red and black and gold colouration. and clear legs too! how crazy is that
i know its probably just a coincidence but i like to think theres some sort of ecological reason they were found together. entomologists please feel free to prove this and make my day