By Alice Mary Herden on April 8, 2019 ( Leave a comment )

It’s the most wonderful time of the year

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

Tagged as: Beetles, Big Pine Tract, Chinsegut Wildlife and Enviromental Area, Florida, Golden Tortoise Beetle, Insect

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