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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Adult Body Is Covered By A Hard Shell, An Elytra, That Protects The Thin Wings That Fold Out From Under The Elytra When It Is Ready To Take Off & Fly Lee Point 01
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Adult Body Is Covered By A Hard Shell, An Elytra, That Protects The Thin Wings That Fold Out From Under The Elytra When It Is Ready To Take Off & Fly Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Adult Head Hidden Beneath The Pronotum, Irregularly Shaped Anterolateral Eyes With Variable Lobed Tarsomeres & Claws Designed To Clasp The Leaf Blade Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Adult Leg Consists Of The Five Primary Segments Coxa, Trochanter, Femur, Tibia &Tarsus Now Divided Into 5 Subsegments With A Pretarsal Claw Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Adult Appears To Be Rubbing Its Tarsomeres Together Before Launching Into Flight Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Adult The Antenna Scape Is The Most Divergent Morphologically From Other Antennomeres Variable In Shape, Length, Sensilla & Arrangement Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Adult The body is compact and cheloniform, and being broadly oval in dorsal view with a continuous lateral line Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Larvae With Fringed Lateral Appendages And Exuvial-Fecal Debris Shield Grazing On Leaf Blade Trichomes Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Larvae With Fringed Lateral Appendages And Exuvial-Fecal Debris Shields Grazing On Leaf Blade Trichomes Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Mandibles Are Flattened And Dilated With Mesal Rather Than Apical Cutting Edges Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Maxilla, Labrum & Overlapping Mandibles Making Making A Hole In The Leaf Surface Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Maxilla, Labrum & Overlapping Mandibles Making The Cutting Edge Mesal, Not Apical Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Often Stopped To Rub Pairs Of Legs Together Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Tarsomeres I–III With Basal Pads And Bifid Tarsal Setae Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Using Its Mandibles To Tear Apart The Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis Leaf Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Very Specific In Its Choice Of Host Plants, Being Confined To A Single Species Of Convolvulaceae Such As Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Cassidinae Young Adult Rubbing Its Antenna Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Clavate Antenna With Pedicel Antennomeres Globular & Bead-Like While Antennomeres Near The Flagellum Club Apex Broaden & Are Thread Like Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Disparate Larval & Adult Forms Are Highly Adapted To Utilize Distinct Ecological Niches Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Head Hidden Beneath Pronotum, Quadrate & Flattened With The Mouthparts Ventral And Oriented Towards The Prosternal Margin Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Head Hidden Beneath A Rounded Pronotum, It Is Quadrate To Elongate And Flattened With The Mouthparts Ventral And Oriented Towards The Prosternal Margin Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Holometabolous Matamorphsis With An Intercalated Pupal Stage Between Larva And Adult, Where Organs & Tissues Are Remodelled Or Completely Rebuilt Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Larvae Bent & Extended Abdominal Tergite With Extended Telescopic Anal Tube Used To Position Exuvial-Fecal Debris Onto The Urogomphi Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Larvae Depositing Frass Onto The Faecal Shield Means Coordinating The Degree Of Tergite Bend, Extension Of The Anal Tube & Level Of The Faecal Shield Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Larvae Have An Ovoid Dorso-Ventrally Flattened Body With Pairs Of Lateral Scoli, Simple Thoracic Legs & A Caudal Exuvio-Faecal Urogomphi Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Larvae Manoeuvring Its Muscular, Telescopic Anus To Deposit Its Frass Onto The Caudal Scoli Or Spine-Like Dorsal Projections Near The Faecal Shield Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Larvae On The Leaf Surfaces Of Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis Possibly Grazing On Leaf Trichomes Before Eating Their Way Through The Leaf Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Larvae On The Leaf Surfaces Of Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis Possibly Grazing On Leaf Trichomes Lee Point 01
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Larvae On The Leaf Surfaces Of Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis Possibly Grazing On Leaf Trichomes Lee Point
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Tortoise Beetle Aspidimorpha deusta Larvae Precise Manoeuvring Its Frass Onto The Caudal Faecal Shield Seems More Chance Than An Actual Skill Lee Point 01
