Thank you Pankaj ji , I know nothing about insects looked quite similar to jewel beetle posted months ago by Neil ji thanks for correcting me
tanay On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > That insect is not call Jewel Beetle (not a Beetle at all). Its a > Metallic Bug to be precise. Scutiphora pedicellata most probably. > Regards > Pankaj > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) [email protected]

