Nepalese turtle beetle
Laccoptera nepalensis
The Nepalese turtle beetle has a body shaped like a triangle. It is yellowish brown with dark spots, a bit like a tiny shield. It lives in many countries across Asia.
Lives in
Across Asia, from Pakistan and Nepal to China, Japan and Indonesia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
It is a leaf beetle, so it nibbles on plant leaves.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Nepalese turtle beetle about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It lives in a long list of countries, from Pakistan all the way to Japan and Indonesia.
2
On the shield behind its head there are usually two small black spots.
3
It belongs to the leaf beetles, a huge family of plant-eating beetles.
you asked
Most asked questions about Nepalese turtle beetle
?What does the Nepalese turtle beetle look like?
It has a triangle-shaped yellowish brown body with dark spots.
?Is the Nepalese turtle beetle dangerous?
No. It is a harmless leaf beetle.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Laccoptera nepalensis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Laccoptera nepalensis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Yang et al. (2024). CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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