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minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoA similar golden beetle shows up in south America. Anyone has the scientific name?
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoyou are referring to this Charidotella sexpunctata
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months 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-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agothere seems to be other charidotella species in South america could be one of those.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months 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.
there seems to be other charidotella species in South america could be one of those.
It looks like this, but I could never match the picture with an ID: Image