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Metallic Beetle - Lytta nuttalli
Copyright © 2006 Westman Gardener

Metallic Beetle - Lytta nuttalli
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
June 24, 2006
Size: about 1 inch long
I found a few of these guys eating my lupins one afternoon.
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Contributed by Westman Gardener on 27 June, 2006 - 4:58pm
Last updated 21 March, 2009 - 10:10am

metallic beetle
Thank you. Looks like the same beetle.
… Mary Louise, 2 July, 2012 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

Lytta nuttalli Say
John Pinto det.
Moved from Lytta.Lytta nuttalli
… v belov, 21 March, 2009 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

Blister Beetle.
One of the blister beetles in the genus Lytta, possibly L. nutalli or L. cyanipennis.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 June, 2006 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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