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tiny round metallic beetle - Brachypnoea tristis
Copyright © 2007 Amy Howe Taracido

tiny round metallic beetle - Brachypnoea tristis
Saltsburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 16, 2007
Size: approximately 0.25 inches
Two individuals were seen, one on garden plants and one on picnic bench...very skittish/shy beetles.
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Contributed by Amy Howe Taracido on 18 June, 2007 - 12:55pm
Last updated 7 October, 2010 - 11:46am

Thank you all for the welcome
Thank you all for the welcome and for the ID. He was running like mad to get off our fingers!
… Amy Howe Taracido, 30 July, 2008 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 12 July, 2007 - 7:17am login or register to post comments

Brachypnoea tristis
doesn´t look all that shy on this photo....It is Brachypnoea tristis; an oval leafbeetle
… Rob Westerduijn, 8 July, 2007 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

Leaf beetle.
This is a leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. One of our beetle experts may be able to give you at least a genus name....Welcome to Bugguide, Amy, thanks for sharing.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 June, 2007 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

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