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Unknown spotting

Description:

This guy was birdkill (which is why it has no legs). The bird fled when I arrived at the scene, giving me oppurtunity to photograph this guy, since I'd never seen it before. Iridescent green shell, spots are white and hairy and looked like fungus, but then I noticed they are symmetrical. And yes, I left it where I found it. Gone after five minutes.

Habitat:

Found in an urban environment, just after the first rains of the season.



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7 Comments

Jeannette
Jeannette 9 months ago

Great spotting :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 9 months ago

Fantastic macro work Chetan... Welcome to Project Noah family..!!
You remind me my spotting with similar Scarab family Chafer Beetle.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/109...

Chief RedEarth
Chief RedEarth 9 months ago

yes it is a beetle..but which?

chetankushwaha
chetankushwaha 9 months ago

I thought of it being a beetle too, but I have zero knowledge in that area, so I went with marking it as unknown.

Chief RedEarth
Chief RedEarth 9 months ago

wow it looks like a beetle exoskelton?

harsuame
harsuame 9 months ago

Grandioso:::

pmbagga
pmbagga 9 months ago

very cute :)

Gurgoan, Haryana, India

Lat: 28.45, Long: 77.03

Spotted on Jul 23, 2012
Submitted on Aug 1, 2012

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