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Shining Flea Beetle - Asphaera lustrans
Copyright © 2004 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Shining Flea Beetle - Asphaera lustrans
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
October 11, 2004
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 1 January, 2006 - 4:05pm
Last updated 31 July, 2006 - 12:54pm

Beautiful colors!! Not so
Beautiful colors!!

Not so pretty poop... Poor guy can't get any privacy lol!
… Grant, 12 April, 2008 - 1:27am login or register to post comments

Wow!
Very nice! Who furnished the ID, if I may ask?
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 January, 2006 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I believe it was the insect identification lab at UF
- we had these in the butterfly exhibit where I used to work. I've also seen them out in the open, though.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 3 January, 2006 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

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