Thursday colorful photo challenge golden turtle beetle

in #photochallenge6 years ago (edited)

hello steemit lovers around the world, let's get to know a little about the kind of turtle beetle.

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Perhaps the most familiar species for Americans is the common Gold Tortoise Beetle in the North American continent. Their favorite foods so far are Morning Glory, flowers that bloom in the morning and buds at night.

They have the ability to change color so we are generally attracted by their flash Even they almost look like ladybugs that lick the gold paint, however they have a small valve that controls the humidity level below their cuticle so it can vary in color with a bandage of red or black spots . The ability to change this appearance causes them to have many names even though they are the same species.

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Female turtle beetles usually lay eggs as many as 15-30 eggs under the leaves, About ten days later larvae appear and feast on a meal that lasts for three weeks until they become cocoons, the cocoon phase lasts about a week and after that the adult beetle appears, when the optimum conditions there could be as many as three or four generations in a year.

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actually this type of beetle there are about 150 species, but I have not been able to find the photo directly that I took in addition to some photos of the above beetle

maybe steemian friends have additional information about this type of beetle, please write in the comments.
Because sharing is a very commendable trait...!!!

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