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blue-green beetles - Chrysochus cobaltinus
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blue-green beetles - Chrysochus cobaltinus

Off Hwy 46 between Hwy 1 and Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
August 12, 2010
Size: 1/3" about
These mating bright blue-green bugs on milkweed plants were quite eye-catching. Many thanks for telling what these little guys are called....Denise K.

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Contributed by nature4me on 3 March, 2013 - 6:31pm
Last updated 8 March, 2013 - 9:11pm

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… v belov, 8 March, 2013 - 9:11pm

Chrysochus cobaltinus, i suppose
… v belov, 3 March, 2013 - 8:32pm

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