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minus-squareTheLunatickle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 month agoHaven’t seen any of these lil guys in the last 8 years 😔
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month 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-up5·1 month agoAre these limited to certain states? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these…
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoSame, just assume they’re all extinct by now.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoA similar golden beetle shows up in south America. Anyone has the scientific name?
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoyou are referring to this Charidotella sexpunctata
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month agothere seems to be other charidotella species in South america could be one of those.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt looks like this, but I could never match the picture with an ID: Image
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.
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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