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Bug ? - Acmaeodera ornata

Bug ? - Acmaeodera ornata
Lake Gaston , Warren County, North Carolina, USA
June 11, 2009
Extremely small . Taken with Macro lens

Perhaps
an Acmaeodera (Buprestidae). Not an expert, but I recently found something similar.

 
Acmaeodera ornata (Fabricius,
Acmaeodera ornata (Fabricius, 1775)

 
Thanks for the final identifi
Thanks for the final identification. I guess I'll be more accurate with my adjectives next time.

 
seconded
couldn't be 'small' though -- i'd say, 5 mm at the very least

 
You're definition of small is
You're definition of small is different than the vast majority of people

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