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Indian Hemipteran

Posted by April 15th, 2007 at 12:00 am

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Metallic green bug
Hi folks,
Found this bug near a mango tree, and thought it was a beetle. Some gentleman on Flickr pointed out that this is not a beetle, but a true bug (Hemipteran). Going through your site reinforced that view. Could you tell which Hemipteran is this ? Its a very informative site on bugs, something I was really missing..great job folks ! This bug was photographed at Patna,India yesterday night. Picture of the bugs attached.Thanks,
Chandan Singh
GreenPower India

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Hi Chandan,
Yes, this is a Hemipteran. We do not recognize it and will post your image in the hopes that one of our readers knows the answer. If we have time, we will try to research the answer.

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