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11 Comments

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

Thank you so much Mark, Sachindra, Lauren and Adi....

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Extraordinary shining :) love it :)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Gorgeous scarab and a lovely photo!

SachindraUmesh
SachindraUmesh 10 years ago

wow!! lovely colors!!!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Like Heterorrhina elegans (with brown legs) - Lovely find Bhagya.

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

Thanks a lot for the correction Martini and Malcolm....

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

Thanks a lot Luis and Dilan.....

Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 10 years ago

Wow!!Nice spotting Bhagya!!

For clarification, from the Oxford English dictionary, the standard used by most English speaking countries:
Bug = any invertebrate insect
True bug = an insect of the order Hemiptera

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Its a beetle, not a bug
Scarabidae = family
Rutelinae = subfamily

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Nice Bhagya.

Bhagya Herath
Spotted by
Bhagya Herath

Kandy CP, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Dec 1, 2013
Submitted on Dec 29, 2013

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