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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia Jun 23, 2019

With legs tucked in for protection. What might he be?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 23, 2019

It's a scarab beetle in the subfamily Cetoniinae (flower scarabs); it looks like a Gymnetis sp. - See http://magazine.pctonline.com/article/february-2019/newly-discovered-beetles--named-after-dragons-in-game-of-thrones.aspx for some examples.

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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia Jun 24, 2019

It does indeed. Thank you Flap for that excellent link.

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