Mark Moffett / Leaf Beetle (Stolas sp) pair with red mites on their shells, Panama

Mark Moffett / Leaf Beetle (Stolas sp) pair showing color variation, Panama

Premaphotos / Tortoise beetle (Batanota bidens) mimicking a fallen seed in rainforest, Brazil

Premaphotos / Tortoise beetle (Aspidomorpha puncticosa) larvae feeding on leaf while covered in protective shields of their own droppings, South Africa

Premaphotos / Tortoise beetle (Omaspides sp) female standing guard over her egg batch in rainforest, Peru

Premaphotos / Tortoise beetle (Batanota sp) which mimics a seed, mating pair in the campo cerrado, Brazil

Premaphotos / Fleabane tortoise beetle (Cassida murraea) larva holding its camouflaging shield over its back, on Fleabane flower (Asteraceae) UK

Premaphotos / Knapweed tortoise beetle (Cassida vibax) on its Knapweed food plant, UK

Premaphotos / Tortoise beetle larvae (Physonota alutacea), warningly coloured, in tropical dry forest, Costa Rica

Premaphotos / Tortoise beetle (Batanota bidens) larva carrying a protective shield of its own faeces in rainforest, Costa Rica

Premaphotos / Tortoise beetles (Aspidomorpha sp), a warningly coloured mating pair in rainforest, South Africa

Premaphotos / Green tortoise beetle (Cassida viridis) on Water mint, UK