BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Cassida rubiginosa Mueller, 1776 (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)
| Date: | 7 July 2004 |
| Location: | North Hampshire, England |
| Voucher: | 07/07/2004[H] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
| Record Summary: | Pale brownish larvae on Lesser Knapweed |
| Associated organism: | on live leaf of Centaurea nigra |
| Identification Notes: | While feeding the larvae retain a mass of excrement on the two posterior appendages. When full grown they shed this and remain stationary for about a week (eg caught 7th, pupa found on13th) before pupating. [This food plant is not mentioned in Bullock.] |
