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libellule Fountain, FL(Zone 8b) Jun 21, 2008

I hope y'all can help identify this bug without a photo. It was on a 4-o'clock bloom this evening and when I came in to get the camera, it left. Anyway, it was the size and shape of a ladybug but it was a very shiny gold color, almost mirror-like.
This is the first time I've seen this bug. I looked through the beetles in BugFiles and didn't see it there.
Does anyone know what it is?

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 21, 2008

Sounds like a tortoise beetle of some kind:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=tortoise+beetle&searcher%5Bbugorder%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&Search=Search

http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=tortoise%20beetle%20&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

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libellule Fountain, FL(Zone 8b) Jun 21, 2008

Ah, that was quick. I believe you are right. The photo on the second link is clearly this bug. Funny that I've never noticed these here before.

It is a Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)
Thanks for the ID.

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