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Key Largo Insect

Largus sp.

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Metallic blue beetle with red diamond shaped mark on back and bright orange legs. About 8-10mm in length

Habitat:

Florida keys

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
LivanEscudero
It is almost certainly one of the Largus species nymphs. Probably not IDable to species from this pic. Scroll gown through these FL samples: http://bugguide.net/adv_search/bgsearch.php?taxon=3627&location[]=FL
Machi
I think this might be a true bug instead of a beetle
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PublishedJune 25, 2017

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