Unusual Color, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5166
The leaf beetle known as Plagiosterna aenea (no common English name) normally has a carapace in metallic green and sometimes with a blue tinge, but this specimen from the Sandemar nature reserve had a really nifty variation with a blueish green front part and a fade to dark brown at the rear.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53105154446/
Typically they instead look like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52733475737/
Unusual Color, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5166
The leaf beetle known as Plagiosterna aenea (no common English name) normally has a carapace in metallic green and sometimes with a blue tinge, but this specimen from the Sandemar nature reserve had a really nifty variation with a blueish green front part and a fade to dark brown at the rear.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53105154446/
Typically they instead look like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52733475737/