#fairyking fairy tiger pockmarks fad golden beetles chrysomelidae kruger krugernationalpark southafrica africa usgs

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A lovely gold-colored tortoise beetle from South Africa.  Tribe Cassidini  of the large leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.  Caught while on expedition to Kruger National Park, collatoral capture from a bowl trap.  A lovely specimen about which I know only what I have told you.  But..., if you look closely on the underside, there is an embedded wee little man, one of the fairy kings, look it up, its in the literature.  Photo by Cole Cheng.  

#fairyking fairy tiger pockmarks fad golden beetles chrysomelidae kruger krugernationalpark southafrica africa usgs