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Golden Tortoise Beetle

Charidotella sexpunctata

Golden Tortoise Beetle, reference photograph — Charidotella sexpunctata · observation 401985071 · Heatherelle · CC BY

Facts

Adults have a rounded domed body with broadly expanded margins resembling a small turtle shell.
A living golden tortoise beetle can shift from metallic gold to orange or bronze tones, sometimes with dark spots; the gold color is lost after death.
University of Maine identifies the species on plants in the morning-glory family, Convolvulaceae.

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