Comment on Christmas beetles

TheLunatickle@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Matty_r@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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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• Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same, just assume they’re all extinct by now.

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• acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A similar golden beetle showed up in south America. Anyone has the scientific name?

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you are referring to this Charidotella sexpunctata

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        there seems to be other charidotella species in South america could be one of those.

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It looks like this, but I could never match the picture with an ID: Image

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