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minus-squareTheLunatickle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·8 days agoHaven’t seen any of these lil guys in the last 8 years 😔
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·8 days agoAbout the same for me, but I saw one about 3 weeks ago. I was so excited because it had been so long, no one else seemed to care as much.
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoAre these limited to certain states? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these…
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoSame, just assume they’re all extinct by now.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 days agoA similar golden beetle shows up in south America. Anyone has the scientific name?
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 days agoIt looks like this, but I could never match the picture with an ID: Image
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoyou are referring to this Charidotella sexpunctata
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days 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-up1·7 days agothere seems to be other charidotella species in South america could be one of those.
Haven’t seen any of these lil guys in the last 8 years 😔
About the same for me, but I saw one about 3 weeks ago. I was so excited because it had been so long, no one else seemed to care as much.
Are these limited to certain states? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these…
Same, just assume they’re all extinct by now.
A similar golden beetle shows up in south America. Anyone has the scientific name?
It looks like this, but I could never match the picture with an ID: Image
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.
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