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Malachite Beetle

DateTue 2010-05-11

A malachite beetle, Malachius bipustulatus (Coleoptera: Melyridae).  Its family is sometimes given as Malachiidae but this now seems to have been merged into the family Melyridae.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-06.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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