#tortoise beetle

[herpsandbirds]

Tortoise Beetles (family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cassidinae)

Manu Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Peru

photographs by Paxon Kale

[onenicebugperday]

Ringed tortoise beetle, Ischnocodia annulus, Chrysomelidae

Photographed in Belize by tshahan

[lazchance]

asian spotted tortoise beetle (Aspidimorpha miliaris)

i cant even begin to explain how happy it makes me when i find a tortoise beetle especially a species i havent seen before... i personally dont see them often at all... and all beetle fans know tortoise beetles are some of the best with their translucent shells and their tippy tappy stompers

this is basically the largest tortoise beetle ive seen and its only as wide as my thumbnail... all the other species ive seen so far (which arent many) are much more tiny

a small regret i have is not getting any clear pics of the cute beady eyes they have... you can kinda see it in the second pic tho

[bowelfly]

can i offer you some bugs in these trying times

[tinylongwing]

I've finished an absolute delight of a bug illustration! Green Tortoise Beetle, which is now a species I'll be looking for as I'm yet to see one in person and I've been missing out!

Big thanks to @franzanth!

[every-day-creechur]

Plagiometriona zelleri

A tortoise beetle found in Colombia.

image by Blair Dudeck

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A type of tortoise beetle

Li Chen-You

The 35 Photography Awards

[wasp-with-a-computer]

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