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05-AUG-2015 Christine Hanrahan

Golden tortoise beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)

Fletcher Wildlife Garden

This gorgeous little jewel-like beetle is in the process of turning from golden to red, which is what happens when the beetles feel disturbed! To see how golden they can be, please take a look at this image: http://www.pbase.com/laroseforest/image/143181773

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victorswan10-Feb-2021 08:26
beautiful Christine, the gold nuggets just crawl past you amazing beautiful image of this cute beetle BV
Ika Zinka Eferl08-Apr-2016 18:21
Wonderful shot!V
Buz Kiefer08-Apr-2016 17:27
I checked the golden one out. Way cool. Vote.
Graeme08-Apr-2016 09:40
Fascinating! BV
bill friedlander19-Mar-2016 16:48
Excellent close in look. Interesting phenomenon. V
Ceya19-Mar-2016 16:27
Amazing shot, beautiful details, interesting information! V
Pierre Martin19-Mar-2016 14:59
Very interesting to see the transformation, well done and capted!
Yvonne19-Mar-2016 10:11
What an interesting phenomenon.. great to have the link to compare! v
MarcViskens19-Mar-2016 08:30
Wonderful
MarcViskens19-Mar-2016 08:29
Wow very pretty Christine
chris morton19-Mar-2016 08:12
certainly pretty shiny!
Helen Betts19-Mar-2016 07:09
Fascinating transformation in color! I guess you must have really disturbed it to capture this phenomenon so nicely. V.
coaster19-Mar-2016 04:37
A fascinating shot!
Jim Coffman19-Mar-2016 03:31
Very interesting and well captured!
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