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Hedychrum
Photo#576200
Copyright © 2011
Sue Thomson
Metallic Blue Bug -
Hedychrum
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Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
July 13, 2008
Size: 1 inch
Found on a thistle plant along a rural road
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Contributed by
Sue Thomson
on 13 September, 2011 - 10:49pm
Last updated 23 September, 2014 - 5:13am
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Although key characters for this genus are not visible in these pictures I am sure it is
Hedychrum
. For this identification I am relying on secondary characters like flat and stout shape, typical wing venation, strong femora etc. Judging from numerous relatively long setae on the head and thorax it should be a male.
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Villu Soon
, 14 September, 2011 - 2:29am
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