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Cassida
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Cassida viridis
(Green Tortoise Beetle)
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Cassida viridis L., 1758 (Green Tortoise Beetle)

Date: 25 May 2006
Location: Berks, England
State: Imago
Record Summary: on Hedge Woundwort leaf
Associated organism: on underside live leaf of Stachys sylvatica
Identification Notes: Presumed parent of egg mass found nearby.

Images etc

magnified photograph Dorsal view - antennae extended - close-up - enlarged 500 by 401 pixels
magnified photograph Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged 500 by 373 pixels
magnified photograph Pronotum - close-up - enlarged 500 by 331 pixels
magnified photograph Ventral view - appendages extended - close-up - enlarged 500 by 334 pixels
magnified photograph Ventral view - appendages retracted - close-up - enlarged 500 by 377 pixels

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