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Stephen Luk | all galleries >> Entomology in Ecuador >> Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve (2011) >> Insects of Ecuador: Bellavista >> Coleoptera of Bellavista, Ecuador >> Chrysomeloidea of Ecuador > Tortoise Beetle larva (Cassidinae)
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30-APR-2011

Tortoise Beetle larva (Cassidinae)

Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Prov. Pichincha, Ecuador

Many tortoise beetle larvae attach a mass of frass (insect fecal matter) to their tail. The unappetizing load is then arched over the insect's body.

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