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Green beetle - Chrysochus auratus
Copyright © 2010 Peter Hall

Green beetle - Chrysochus auratus
Natick/Broadmoor Wildlife Reserve, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 7, 2010
Size: 1.5cm
Please see accompanying green beetle request - these two species look very similar apart from colouration differences.
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Contributed by galadial on 7 July, 2010 - 1:31pm
Last updated 1 March, 2018 - 8:58pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 July, 2010 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

This one as mentioned on your other image
is Dogbane beetle found on Dogbane, Apocynum. Your next looks to be Japanese beetle (the same as your first post), while your previous metallic beetle was St John'swort beetle found on Hypericum.
… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2010 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

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