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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Sericini » Serica
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Irridescent beetle - Serica
Copyright © 2010 john and jane balaban

Irridescent beetle - Serica
Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA), Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
June 18, 2010
Photographed while black lighting at the Citizen Science workshop at Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA).
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 21 June, 2010 - 6:20pm
Last updated 7 July, 2011 - 5:11pm

Moved
Moved from Asiatic Garden Beetle. Though the hind tibiae do look largish, the general appearance suggests this is more likely Serica.
… Brad Barnd, 7 July, 2011 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Maladera.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 July, 2010 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

 
This isn't Maladera castanea
This is Serica
… roar, 18 July, 2010 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Serica.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 July, 2010 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Domingo Zungri, 6 July, 2010 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

Serica probably
… margarethe brummermann, 22 June, 2010 - 2:02am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Serica
no doubts about it
… roar, 22 June, 2010 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

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