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Photo#18675
Platycercus virescens - Platycerus virescens - male

Platycercus virescens - Platycerus virescens - Male
Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
November 1, 2003
Size: > 12 mm
If you look hard, you can imagine that this male is very dark green, hence the name. This one is the only representative of its species I've found in southern New Hampshire (or anywhere), versus thousands of the somewhat larger Ceruchus piceus.