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Metallic blue-green leaf beetle -- no, Carabid - Lebia viridis
Copyright © 2006 john and jane balaban

Metallic blue-green leaf beetle -- no, Carabid - Lebia viridis
Bunker Hill Forest Preserve, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
April 14, 2006
Size: ~4mm

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 20 May, 2006 - 6:02pm
Last updated 20 May, 2006 - 9:16pm

Not a leaf beetle,
but a small diurnal carabid often seen on flowering plants: Lebia viridis.
… Jim McClarin, 20 May, 2006 - 6:29pm

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