Clavate Tortoise Beetle (Plagiometriona clavata)

Clavate Tortoise Beetle (Plagiometriona clavata)

The dorsum (top side) has a brown patch that some people think looks like a teddy bear! Or you could think of the 'arms' as club-like projections - clavata means club-like.

Granville Co., NC 4/29/2012.

All photographs and text ©2013 by Will Cook unless otherwise noted.