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Cute purple bug This was taken with a 'Nifty Fifty', reverse mounted to a D7000. I was trying to get some cool droplet photos and spotted this little guy out for a stroll on some long grass. Anomala orientalis,Geotagged,Oriental beetle,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Cute purple bug

This was taken with a 'Nifty Fifty', reverse mounted to a D7000. I was trying to get some cool droplet photos and spotted this little guy out for a stroll on some long grass.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    That's some fabulous color! I'm trying to help with identifying the species but no luck so far. Posted 10 years ago
  2. View denniruz's profile
    denniruz
    Giant Tortoise
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    That is the natural color and the photo wasn't edited in any way. I'll be curious to see if anyone can identify the species.

    --Dennis

     Posted 10 years ago

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The Oriental beetle

The Oriental beetle is a beetle about 0.7 - 1.1 cm long, with mottled, metallic brown- and black-colored elytra and a similarly-colored thorax and head during the adult stage. During the larval stage the oriental beetle can be identified by the parallel line raster pattern.

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Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by WildFlower
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By denniruz

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Uploaded Jan 27, 2015. Captured Jun 29, 2013 20:39 in 139 Walnut Park, Rochester, NY 14622, USA.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/1.8
  • 10/500s
  • ISO2000
  • 50mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.