I took this photo in southeastern Costa Rica back in 2007 and have been trying to identify the species ever since. I went back and forth with a few AI programs and the best they came up with was that it was probably a leaf beetle of the genus Calligrapha (family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae). Who knows, maybe I unknowingly discovered a new species. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm with Canon 500D close up filter), ISO 400, f/20 at 1/60th of a second, Nikon SB-600 flash units.
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I took this photo in southeastern Costa Rica back in 2007 and have been trying to identify the species ever since. I went back and forth with a few AI programs and the best they came up with was that it was probably a leaf beetle of the genus Calligrapha (family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae). Who knows, maybe I unknowingly discovered a new species. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm with Canon 500D close up filter), ISO 400, f/20 at 1/60th of a second, Nikon SB-600 flash units.