Subject: Golden Ladybug?
Geographic location of the bug: Falcón, Venezuela
Date: 12/14/2017
Time: 11:01 AM EDT
Hi, I found this beetle in my car this morning. It looked exactly like a Ladybug but spotless and with an iridescent golden color. For what I’ve seen it’s not a Tortoise Beetle, so what could it be?
How you want your letter signed: Gabriela G
Dear Gabriela,
This is not a Lady Beetle. It is a Leaf Beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, probably one of the Tortoise Beetles. Alas, we did not have any luck locating matching images on the internet.
May be Chrysomelinae.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paropsisterna#/media/File:Paropsisterna_remota_BigDDec15.jpg
http://www.ecoregistros.org/site_en/imagen.php?id=230639
Thanks Cesar. That looks very close.
May be Chrysomelinae.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paropsisterna#/media/File:Paropsisterna_remota_BigDDec15.jpg
http://www.ecoregistros.org/site_en/imagen.php?id=230639
Hi again,
It seems that it is indeed a ladybug, Cycloneda devestita.
Thanks for the correction Cesar. We found an image on the Coccinellidae de Paraguay site.
Hi again,
It seems that it is indeed a ladybug, Cycloneda devestita.