Yes Pankaj ji...thats a bug.....its called Chrysochloris sp. It looks like a beetle but it has a long sucking tube (rostrum) for feeding on juices...just like all other bugs. Beetles have chewing mouthparts.
regards Shantanu : ) On Sep 12, 5:50 am, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
