Spring is in the air and the insects are out and about!

Golden Tortoise Beetle | Alice Mary Herden | April 8
Check out this lovely couple… sharing some quality time together. They have an amazing metallic golden/copper color that glistens in the sunlight. Super small, not even a half an inch.
It would be very interesting to photograph or even better to video them while when they transform into their defensive colors, red with black spots.
Learn more:
Invertebrate of the Week #8 – Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/potato/golden_tortoise_beetle.htm
Categories: Beetles, Big Pine Tract, Insects, Uncategorized