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Sep 04, 2015 09:11 |  #1

This was a first time find for me. Beatiful bug, but tested the limits of my diffusion.

Golden Tortoise Beetle Charidotella sexpunctata

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Sep 04, 2015 09:31 |  #2

Beautiful jewel of a beetle and very well diffused.

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Sep 04, 2015 11:16 |  #3

Congrats on your new find!

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Sep 04, 2015 19:25 |  #4

Poyatos wrote in post #17694746 (external link)
Beautiful jewel of a beetle and very well diffused.


mandokid1 wrote in post #17694862 (external link)
Congrats on your new find!

Thank you both :)

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Sep 04, 2015 20:02 |  #5

sweet find travis, diffusing tortoise beetles is extremely hard

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Sep 05, 2015 00:55 |  #6

Lovely find and shots
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Sep 05, 2015 09:16 |  #7

alquimista wrote in post #17695343 (external link)
sweet find travis, diffusing tortoise beetles is extremely hard


LordV wrote in post #17695588 (external link)
Lovely find and shots
Brian v.

Thank you Andres and Brian. Yep, certainly room for improvement on my diffusion ;)

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Sep 05, 2015 15:52 |  #8

That's a new one for me! Thanks for sharing

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Sep 05, 2015 19:11 |  #9

P4ulG wrote in post #17696159 (external link)
That's a new one for me! Thanks for sharing

Thanks Paul. To the naked eye, you cannot see the transparent shell. It looks like it is a beetle covered in gold leaf.

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