Green Beetle (Blacknstormy help!)

[kipper]

Rel, I've come across a few beetles recently in the garden that are green and have a very sort of metalic shine to them. They look like some rice boy colored car job! I've never seen beetles like this in the garden.

I could photo a dead one if that'd help

[Oneputt]

Kipper could they be what we call Xmas Beetles?

[kipper]

It's possible, but the photos that I got when looking for xmas beetles showed fairly bland brown beetles.

The coating was very metalic and iridescent (eg. other colors were forming when rotating the body).

[Oneputt]

Some of them up here have a really metallic sheen to them.

[Manta]

Oneputt's spot on Darryl. Our Christmas Beetles have that expensive paint job look about them. Different metallic hues from different angles. How big? Ours get to 1.5-2cm long.

Here's one I pinched via Google - it's a bit bland colour-wise but shows the shape. (Thanks to Cyron on Flickr for the image).

[kipper]

It was about 1.5-2cm but it was very green and irridescent. It color change was sort of like the color change you see with water and oils (if that makes any sense).

[redline]

did it look like this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/RIDEZ-1951-VW-VOLKSWAGEN-BEETLE-BETTLE-BUG-1-18-G_W0QQitemZ6988828216QQcategoryZ2509QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[kipper]

Lol Thai, that's it dude that is so it!