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Melobasis (?)
A tiny sparkle of a jewel beetle. Thses green ones feed on leaves rather than the colorful ones that feed on flowers and often mimic bees.
On Tea tree.
Spotted on Feb 15, 2005
Submitted on May 15, 2014
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this seems to be a color variation of Melobasis purpurascens
http://lifeunseen.com/index2_item_7958.p...