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minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 hour agoA similar golden beetle shows up in south America. Anyone has the scientific name?
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoyou are referring to this Charidotella sexpunctata
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoNo, it’s not like this shiny carapace, it’s rather satin. The elytra is light brown with a golden-green shimmer, and the thorax and head are of a darker green-brown.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoIt looks like this, but I could never match the picture with an ID: Image
A similar golden beetle shows up in south America. Anyone has the scientific name?
you are referring to this Charidotella sexpunctata
No, it’s not like this shiny carapace, it’s rather satin. The elytra is light brown with a golden-green shimmer, and the thorax and head are of a darker green-brown.
It looks like this, but I could never match the picture with an ID: Image