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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Lebiina » Colorful Foliage Ground Beetles (Lebia) » subgenus Lebia (Lebia subgenus Lebia) » viridis group (Lebia viridis group) » Lebia viridis
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Lebia viridis
Copyright © 2013 John Rosenfeld

Lebia viridis
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 14, 2011

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 2 December, 2013 - 7:35am

? Photographic illusion of yellow-maculated elytra
from reflected adjacent yellow flowers or are those spots real? L. viridis of course should not be spotted.
… Peter W. Messer, 2 December, 2013 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Just a reflection.
I posted another shot to clarify, thanks.
… John Rosenfeld, 2 December, 2013 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

 
This one could be in a textbook
on how difficult it is to identify insects from just field photography. Amazingly we see a relatively symmetrical pair of right and left yellowish bands stretching across hind portion of elytra.
… Peter W. Messer, 2 December, 2013 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
Especially so for an beginning amateur like myself who relies mainly on photos...
… John Rosenfeld, 2 December, 2013 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

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