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Friendly bug on eggplant leaf - Anomala
Copyright © 2009 Isabel Cutler

Friendly bug on eggplant leaf - Anomala
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
June 14, 2009
Size: 5/8"

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Contributed by Isabel Cutler on 16 June, 2009 - 6:03am
Last updated 2 July, 2009 - 11:37am

Moving to genus page for now...
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… Ken Schneider, 2 July, 2009 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

Not necessarily friendly....
This appears to be an Oriental chafer, Anomala orientalis, an introduced pest species. Certainly something in the same genus at any rate.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 June, 2009 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

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