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#甘藷龜金花蟲 #Cassidacircumdata #小谷動物星球 #tortoisebeetle #insect
June 13, 2024 at 4:04 AM
felipecapoccia.bsky.social
Besouros-tartaruga da Serra do Japi 🌿

17 espécies de besouros-tartaruga (Cassidinae) conhecidas para a Serra do Japi, um dos maiores trechos preservados de Mata Atlântica do Brasil (mapa da região no fundo)

#tortoisebeetle #cassidinae #besourotartaruga #scientificilustration #sciart
June 8, 2026 at 11:43 PM
aumnh.bsky.social
Small beetle. Big survival skills. 🐞

As larvae, the palmetto tortoise beetles (Hemisphaerota cyanea) hide under nests made of their own fecal thatch to hide from predators!

📸1: Matt Edmonds
📸2&3: Melissa Callahan

#coleoptera #tortoisebeetle #specimenspotlight #aumnh #auburnuniversity
#entomology
January 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
creative-flunky.bsky.social
Wow. What a beautiful golden tortoise beetle. This being's home is primarily in the US and even reaching to Argentina. What an amazing being!

#insect #nature #golden #tortoisebeetle
April 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
dhairyasheeldayal.bsky.social
Tortoise Beetles Mating; Cassidinae (Chrysomelidae).

#beetle #beetles #coleoptera #entomology #insect #insects #arthropod #arthropods #tortoise #tortoisebeetle #spinybeetle #beetlemating #animalbehaviour #ecology #cassidinae #chrysomelidae
Tortoise Beetles Mating; Cassidinae (Chrysomelidae). Tortoise Beetles Mating; Cassidinae (Chrysomelidae).
December 10, 2024 at 4:36 PM
timknight.bsky.social
Tortoise Beetle in Watercolor

Tortoise beetles (subfamily Cassidinae) are unique leaf beetles famous for their dome-shaped carapaces that resemble miniature turtles.

Enjoying the process of painting tiny insects.

#insect #beetle #watercolor #bugs #entomology #painting #SciArt #tortoisebeetle
The Tortoise Beetle is shaped like a turtle shell with red wings covered with black spots.
June 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
hravn.bsky.social
And for #MacroMonday here’s DeloyalaGuttata, a #tortoiseBeetle. I love these little guys! I often find them on Morning glories. #macro #insect
(I’m trying to get a bunch of posts in before my writers meeting tonight)
Closeup photo of a tiny golden and black beetle whose back is shaped like a shield. On a green plant.
February 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
annahillavery.bsky.social
Foiled, shimmery mottled tortoise beetles. I love how the shimmery watercolors for the clear shell turned out. ✨ #tortoisebeetle #bugart #bugs #art #foilprint
May 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
mjlinde.bsky.social
#thelittlethings
#macrophotography
#insects
#tortoisebeetle
#larvae

📸 Lee Frost
"Here's a subject I've been searching for for many years, the tortoise beetle at the larvae stage. I found this small 3mm spiny sonic locally in staffordshire whilst on my lunch break. luckily enough, I had my camera with me! with it being so tiny, I had to focus stack 46 images together handheld to get all of the subject in focus. this was far from easy as it was quite active during the midday heat, which almost cost me being late going back to work. I think it was worthwhile though!"
March 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
dozinsnorlax.bsky.social
Have ya'll ever seen the small orange tortoise beetle (Charidotella purpurata)? #tortoisebeetle #bugsky
June 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
dozinsnorlax.bsky.social
Small orange tortoise beetle (Charidotella purpurata) One of my favorite lil dudes!!! #tortoisebeetle #bugsky
June 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
minnesotaseasons.bsky.social
Laura Christopher uploaded 1 photo of mottled tortoise beetle 7/30/2026.
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#Nature #Minnesota #Insects #TortoiseBeetle #MinnesotaSeasons
mottled tortoise beetle (Deloyala guttata)
July 31, 2026 at 4:56 PM
edigerphotography.bsky.social
Macro View of a Tortoise Beetle Preparing for Flight

#TortoiseBeetle
#InsectMacro
#BugPhotography
#MacroShot
#BeetleWings
#EntomologyArt
#WildlifeMacro
#InsectCloseup
#BugLife
#EdigerPhotography
A macro photograph of a tortoise beetle captured in a dramatic moment just before takeoff. The beetle's creamy wing covers, adorned with reddish-brown linear patterns, are lifted to reveal its delicate, translucent flight wings. The golden-orange body contrasts sharply against the deep green backdrop and textured leaf, showcasing intricate natural detail and motion.
June 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Alvarenga et al. Mother knows best: maternal subsociality in three Brazilian tortoise beetles (Cassidinae s. str.) enhances offspring survival doi.org/10.1080/0022... #Beetle #Beetles #tortoisebeetle
Figure 1. Examples of female Mesomphaliini beetles showing maternal care. (A) Paraselenis dichroa female taking care of oviposition on Ipomoea sp. leaf (study conducted by Cuozzo Citation2016); (B) Paraselenis flava female taking care of oviposition on Ipomoea batatas leaf; (C) undescribed Acromis sp. female on Ipomoea sp. leaf.
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Dawn Watson uploaded 1 photo of clavate tortoise beetle 6/7/2026.
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clavate tortoise beetle (Helocassis clavata)
June 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Yang et al. A catalog of Cassidinae leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) collection deposited in the Insect Collection of the College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, China doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #tortoisebeetle #cassidinae
Specimens of Cassidinae deposited in the Insect Collection of the College of Agriculture, Yangtze University 1 Aspidomorpha (s. str.) difformis (Motschulsky, 1860) 2 Aspidomorpha (s. str.) furcata (Thunberg, 1789) 3 Aspidomorpha (s. str.) miliaris (Fabricius, 1775) 4 Aspidomorpha (s. str.) sanctaecrucis (Fabricius, 1792) 5 Aspidomorpha (s. str.) transparipennis (Motschulsky, 1860) 6 Laccoptera (Laccopteroidea) nepalensis Boheman, 1855 7 Laccoptera (Sindiola) hospita Boheman, 1855 8 Basiprionota bisignata (Boheman, 1862) 9 Basiprionota chinensis (Fabricius, 1798). Scale bars: 1 mm.
March 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
edenartfactory.bsky.social
The second lady in the #crownedcrone series! She's based on the #tortoisebeetle #chelymorphacribraria. #traditionalart, alcohol marker, pen, and colored pencil. #beetle #anthropod #arthropod #insect #portrait #fantasy #scify #speculativebiology
a stylised traditional drawing of an elderly womans face on the carapace of a bright, shy red and pink beetle with a purple thorax and soft blue legs and antennae. the beetle sits on a sea green backround surrounded by pink and yellow cypress flowers and green vines. the entire drawing is done with alcohol marker, colored pencil and various shades of pen, using pinstripes to contour the face and create a grooved texture on the beetles shell.
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
neilfan12.bsky.social
🪲🥹 I normally don't like #bugs (especially beetles among others) but this Tortoise Beetle: x.com/AMAZlNGNATUR... is actually cute! The "prancing" and it's take off...
🐢 #Beetle #TortoiseBeetle 🐢
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April 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
minnesotaseasons.bsky.social
Roberta Anderson uploaded 1 photo of clavate tortoise beetle 7/1/2026.
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#Nature #Minnesota #Insects #TortoiseBeetle #MinnesotaSeasons
clavate tortoise beetle (Helocassis clavata)
July 7, 2026 at 12:25 PM
dozinsnorlax.bsky.social
It was a tortoise beetle kind of day with the golden tortoise beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata). #tortoisebeetle #bugsky
June 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
scienceactually.bsky.social
Tortoise beetle larva stack their own feces of their bodies to ward off predators.

#science #sciencefacts #tortoisebeetle #feces #poopumbrella
January 6, 2024 at 12:03 AM