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Bronze metallic beetle - Plateumaris
Copyright © 2008 Debbi Brusco

Bronze metallic beetle - Plateumaris
Skyline Ridge OSP, Santa Cruz Mountains, San Mateo/Santa Clara County, California, USA
July 20, 2008
Size: about 17mm
This beetle was perched on sedge at the edge of a lake.

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Bronze metallic beetle - Plateumaris Bronze metallic beetle - Plateumaris
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Contributed by Debbi Brusco on 21 July, 2008 - 2:24pm
Last updated 21 May, 2013 - 5:43pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2008 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

Not an Expert...
Please see Donacia



-and-

http://bugguide.net/node/view/17039

But this is out of range for California...

So Maybe
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http://bugguide.net/node/view/58186/bgimage
… Ron M., 21 July, 2008 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

 
looks like i caught that about the same time
… Ron M., 21 July, 2008 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Plateumaris
and Plateumaris from the same subfamily of leafbeetles
… Rob Westerduijn, 21 July, 2008 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

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