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Blue-Body Green-head metallic beetle - Lytta cyanipennis
Copyright © 2013 gretchen

Blue-Body Green-head metallic beetle - Lytta cyanipennis
Franklin County, Washington, USA
May 11, 2013
Size: 1.5 inches
The beetle is feeding on an Astragalus spaldingii, there were 8 beetles on one plant.
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Contributed by gretchen on 21 May, 2013 - 4:41pm
Last updated 27 November, 2013 - 7:04pm

Lytta cyanipennis --det. J.D. Pinto
Moved from Lytta.
… v belov, 27 November, 2013 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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Lytta sp.
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