Golden Tortoise Beetle
Charidotella sexpunctata
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Mobile, Alabama
Toney, Alabama
Vincent, Alabama
Barling, Arkansas
Blytheville, Arkansas
Fountain, Florida
Zephyrhills, Florida
Cumberland, Maryland
Climax, Michigan
Concord, Michigan
Creighton, Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Atkinson, New Hampshire
Pequannock, New Jersey
Woodstock, New York
Greensboro, North Carolina
Wadsworth, Ohio
Wagontown, Pennsylvania
Summerville, South Carolina
San Antonio, Texas
Stoughton, Wisconsin
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When I opened my hand in the house, it set there just long enough for them to see it and we oohed and awed a bit and then it took off flying. We tried to catch it to liberate it outside but it was lost and remains so now 24 hours later. We were all amazed. In my 74 years I've never before seen a "gold bug" ... not yellow ... gleaming pure gold.
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