Larva of eucalyptus tortoise beetle by petercp
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Description
When I tapped the stem of the leaf they seemed to adopt a defensive position. Adults and larvae of Chrysophtharta m-fuscum rest during the day on leaves, where they are easily overlooked because of their color and inactivity. The young larvae often occur in groups on leaves, but as they mature and feed more they disperse. Adults of both species are commonly snared in spider webbing under bark and in orb weaver spider webs.
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Comments (15)
Larva, wow. Thanks for your comment.
what a great and very interesting image!!! Fantastic!
LOL! Fantastic image!
SO intersting! The Rose sawfly larvea do the same, I have a good pic back in my gallery somewhere! A super shot!
great foto, whatch out these critters dont come under your skin :P
marvelous!
really fascinating! excellent shot
Superb and a great bit of natural history photography
Fantastic capture and compositon! Well done!!
Great photo, but somehow very grotesque!!
Wonderful photo!
wow thats an awesome shot .. fantastic clarity and colour
excellent find and shot!
Amazing ballet ! Great capture ! :~)
Amazing capture!