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minus-squareTheLunatickle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·3 days agoHaven’t seen any of these lil guys in the last 8 years 😔
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 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-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoA similar golden beetle shows up in south America. Anyone has the scientific name?
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoyou are referring to this Charidotella sexpunctata
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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-up1·2 days agothere seems to be other charidotella species in South america could be one of those.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoIt looks like this, but I could never match the picture with an ID: Image
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoAre these limited to certain states? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these…
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoSame, just assume they’re all extinct by now.
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.
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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
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.