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Lamprima aurata (female)
About 2.4cm long. Metallic blue, with red head and pointy protruding mandibles; next to the blue, yellow, green, orange, red can also be seen, depending on light. The thorax is covered in tiny dimples, appearing to have a rougher surface than the elytra.
Found drowning in a bucket after some heavy rain, in an area of farmland interspersed with patches of tropical rainforest.
Spotted on Feb 9, 2009
Submitted on Jun 24, 2017
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