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Your website was very helpful, since I had despaired of identifying a little beetle we found in Londonderry, Vt. (in late July) sitting on the edge of a bowl of watermelon. Is it a Tortoise Beetle? If the photo looks good on your site it may be better than the one you have. I enlarged the top view, but I left the upside-down view alone, as it shows the insect’s size. After the photo shoot it finally flew away!
Yes, this is a Clavate Tortoise Beetle, Deloyala clavata, or according to BugGuide, Plagiometriona clavata.
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