This is your periodic reminder that tortoise beetles are cool.
Fleabane tortoise beetle (Cassida Murraea) on some fleabane flowers
The adult here is green, while the ones I found earlier in the year are red. They change to red as they age, and the ones from earlier in the year are likely last year's adults.
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