Nature In Focus

Palmetto Tortoise Beetle Frass

• Hemisphaerota cyanea

  Palmetto Tortoise Beetle larvae cover themselves with frass. (Frass is a polite term for insect feces). it reminds me of a bird's nest. Who would ever think there would be beauty in the frass of a beetle or any insect for that matter?
• • animals,
  • beetles,
  • coleoptera,
  • fauna,
  • insects