The frog bug
Sitting here on a Wednesday morning battling with web and mail spammera when what should drop on my desk but this little critter.
Now tell me: doesn't the marking on its back look exactly like a tiny frog? It may not show in this photo; I used a magnifying glass in front of my phone because there really isn't any technology in the house that could capture it - the back of the beetle is about one cm head to stern, the shell is pentagonal, the backside of the frog pattern along the bottom edge, the frog in dark forest green on an off-white background.
Someone should tell the little fellow that NOBODY is going to be seriously afraid of any sub-centimeter frog!
I've lived in these woods for 12 years now, and I still keep finding critters I ain't never seen before.
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I had one of those visitors a while back as well. I wasn't sure what it was. At first I thought it was bird poop, then when I got closer, I realized it was something else, but never did positively identify it. . .there is a website that will actually name the bug for you, and give you some info.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/
Mom and Dad just found a Hummingbird Moth in their garden up at Sauble a week ago.
Tortoise Beetle?
Neato. . .it might be a type of tortoise beetle!
You called it right!
Good call vinylgirl!
What garym has is the common garden tortoise beetle (Plagiometriona clavata).
According to Steve Marshall, entomologist extraordinaire and Bruce Peninsula cottager, the larvae of these true beetles hold a protective shield of excrement on their recurved tails, which they hold over top of their bodies.
One of their favourite foods is Chinese Lantern (Physalis sp.).
Get on! Fab Gear
A'right. Dead chuffed I am on this, luv. Ya got a real posh-fancy chart-topper, bit of all right: Gold bug tortoise frightfully like and straight up, that one is. Nice one, VG.
I'd get on 'is lug holes to check 'im for gold, but the cheeky bug's nicked off, out larking in the garden.
ooops ... sorry: wrong beatle ....