My granddaughter caught a strange beetle on my sliding glass door. I live
in zone 8, Oregon. I posted a picture of it on
alt.binaries.pictures.gardens .
Can anyone id it for us? It looks like something from a science fiction
movie. It has iridescent markings on a saucer like shell, which is almost
transparent around the edges.
Many thanks
Anna

I haven't seen the pic, but it sounds like Morning glory leaf beetle.

--
Mike LaMana, MS
Heartwood Consulting Services, LLC
Toms River, NJ
www.HeartwoodConsulting.net



"Anna" wrote in message
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My granddaughter caught a strange beetle on my sliding glass door. I live
in zone 8, Oregon. I posted a picture of it on
alt.binaries.pictures.gardens .
Can anyone id it for us? It looks like something from a science fiction
movie. It has iridescent markings on a saucer like shell, which is almost
transparent around the edges.
Many thanks
Anna

On Sun, 2 May 2004 14:15:04 -0700, "Anna" wrote:

My granddaughter caught a strange beetle on my sliding glass door. I live
in zone 8, Oregon. I posted a picture of it on
alt.binaries.pictures.gardens .
Can anyone id it for us? It looks like something from a science fiction
movie. It has iridescent markings on a saucer like shell, which is almost
transparent around the edges.
Many thanks
Anna



Here is a link to a "Fools gold beetle"
http://www.museums.org.za/bio/insect...rpha_tecta.htm
close but not exactly, but you probably can hunt it down on the web.




Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

It is said that the early bird gets the worm,
but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.

Thanks for the responses. Ours has a clear circle around the edge then the
jacket looking thing is black with iridescent green/yellow markings. Very
strange. I have looked at several pictures on the web of similar beetles,
but none have the same coloring.
Anna

"Anna" wrote in message
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| My granddaughter caught a strange beetle on my sliding glass door. I live
| in zone 8, Oregon. I posted a picture of it on
| alt.binaries.pictures.gardens .
| Can anyone id it for us? It looks like something from a science fiction
| movie. It has iridescent markings on a saucer like shell, which is almost
| transparent around the edges.
| Many thanks
| Anna
|
|

Anna said:

My granddaughter caught a strange beetle on my sliding glass door. I live
in zone 8, Oregon. I posted a picture of it on
alt.binaries.pictures.gardens .
Can anyone id it for us? It looks like something from a science fiction
movie. It has iridescent markings on a saucer like shell, which is almost
transparent around the edges.

It is a type of tortoise beetle (family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cassidinae).
Exactly which species is hard to determine.

If you haven't tried posting to sci.bio.entomology.misc, you should...

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

"Anna" wrote in message ...
My granddaughter caught a strange beetle on my sliding glass door. I live
in zone 8, Oregon. I posted a picture of it on
alt.binaries.pictures.gardens .
Can anyone id it for us? It looks like something from a science fiction
movie. It has iridescent markings on a saucer like shell, which is almost
transparent around the edges.
Many thanks
Anna

Stu Sutcliffe, Pete Best? Ringo acted up at times, so did the rest of
the Liverpudlian Fab Four.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

J. Del Col

"Anna" wrote in message ...
My granddaughter caught a strange beetle on my sliding glass door. I live
in zone 8, Oregon. I posted a picture of it on
alt.binaries.pictures.gardens .
Can anyone id it for us? It looks like something from a science fiction
movie. It has iridescent markings on a saucer like shell, which is almost
transparent around the edges.
Many thanks
Anna

Sounds like one of the tortoise beetles.