Golden tortoise beetle. Macrophotograph of a golden tortoise beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata). This is a leaf beetle (family Chrysomelidae) native to

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Golden tortoise beetle. Macrophotograph of a golden tortoise beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata). This is a leaf beetle (family Chrysomelidae) native to the Americas. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species.

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Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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