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Shining flea beetle - Asphaera lustrans
Copyright © 2006 J>N>Dell

Shining flea beetle - Asphaera lustrans
South Georgia, Ware County, Georgia, USA
July 1, 2006
Size: 10 mm

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Shining flea beetle - Asphaera lustrans - Asphaera lustrans Shining flea beetle - Asphaera lustrans
Contributed by J>N>Dell on 2 July, 2006 - 9:04am

What vivid colors!
It almost looks like a cartoon bug. Very neat!
… Jim McClarin, 2 July, 2006 - 5:48pm

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