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Green Blister Beetle

Lytta stygica

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

20mm dark green with orange neck beetle on white rose

Habitat:

Domestic rose garden within open grassy fields within surrounding eucalyptus and pine forests

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Ashish
May be one in Epicautini tribe of beetles.
Mark Ridgway
good call Ashish... thinking gren blister beetle like... http://www.123rf.com/photo_8707958_the-green-blister-beetle-sitting-on-a-white-flower.html
Ashish
Look like a small Blister beetle.

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PublishedDecember 12, 2011

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