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green bug - Gastrophysa cyanea
Copyright © 2008 Melanie Freeman

green bug - Gastrophysa cyanea
Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
April 25, 2008
Size: 1/8 - 1/4 inch ? tiny
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Contributed by Melanie Freeman on 26 April, 2008 - 11:58pm
Last updated 27 April, 2008 - 10:04pm

Gastro*physa?
at least Chrysomelinae subfamily. If plant was dock, ID is safe.
… Boris Büche, 27 April, 2008 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Gastro*physa?
I don't understand what you are saying...what do you mean "if the plant was dock, ID is safe"? not sure what dock is, and safe from what??
… Melanie Freeman, 27 April, 2008 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
haha specialist talks not understood by ¨normal¨ people
happens all the time...
What Boris was saying is that your green bug is a leaf beetle called the Green Dock Beetle. The scientific name is Gastrophysa cyanea and its foodplant is Dock. ID is short for identification...and yes Boris I think it is safe to identify it as G. cyanea
… Rob Westerduijn, 27 April, 2008 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Curly Dock
Plant in photo appears to be tip of leaf of Curly Dock (Rumex crispus).
… John Pearson, 25 December, 2009 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks John
for the identifications of plants. In this case fits very well for the beetle and further confirms it Id.
… Rob Westerduijn, 26 December, 2009 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

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