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Purple Metallic Beetle - Plateumaris pusilla
Copyright © 2007 Lynette Elliott

Purple Metallic Beetle - Plateumaris pusilla
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
May 13, 2007
Found on Wild Yellow Iris. Is this in genus Donacia?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 20 May, 2007 - 11:47am
Last updated 1 July, 2024 - 6:01pm

Moved
Moved from Plateumaris.
… v belov, 1 July, 2024 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

Plateumaris ID
Plateumaris pusilla
… Ingolf Askevold, 1 July, 2024 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 May, 2007 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

Plateumaris, I guess.
. . . for criteria, read:
… Boris Büche, 21 May, 2007 - 4:39am login or register to post comments

Donacia or Plateumaris
It could be Donacia or Plateumaris. Personnally, I can't say which one with this picture.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 20 May, 2007 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

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