LittleHiss
Not so new Member
It's a beetle, not a reptile but there aren't any other identification threads, so sorry, mods, but I don't know where else for this to go.
I'm from the Southern Tablelands, and I just found this little guy dead, belly up, next to my dogs' big water bath shell. These photos don't do the colouring of this guy any justice; it's a bright, fluorescent lime-green, like what's on some of the road workers' jackets. His body is the same sort of build as a christmas beetle, but smaller (the size of a $2 coin) and flat on top.
I've looked and looked but I can't find any other photos of this species anywhere. It is the most beautiful beetle I have ever seen and I haven't seen them, or anything like them, anywhere else, ever. I would really like to know whatever any of you can tell me about him, thanks. Also, I'm not into collecting insects and pinning them to boards, but I'd really like to know how I could preserve him and keep his colour the way it is.
I'm from the Southern Tablelands, and I just found this little guy dead, belly up, next to my dogs' big water bath shell. These photos don't do the colouring of this guy any justice; it's a bright, fluorescent lime-green, like what's on some of the road workers' jackets. His body is the same sort of build as a christmas beetle, but smaller (the size of a $2 coin) and flat on top.
I've looked and looked but I can't find any other photos of this species anywhere. It is the most beautiful beetle I have ever seen and I haven't seen them, or anything like them, anywhere else, ever. I would really like to know whatever any of you can tell me about him, thanks. Also, I'm not into collecting insects and pinning them to boards, but I'd really like to know how I could preserve him and keep his colour the way it is.