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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Oct 28, 2008

This was just about 3 mm in length. Quick flier. Which is this?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 29, 2008

This beetle appears to be in the family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles). If the hind femora are enlarged (cannot be seen in this image), it might be a flea beetle - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flea_beetle.jpg

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Oct 29, 2008

The picture in the link you have provided has been taken in a park 90 miles from Mysore... and this fellow looks very very close to that one! Oh, you should have seen how shiny that black wings were!

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Enmos Lelystad, Netherlands Oct 29, 2008

I agree with suunto. It's a flea beetle (genus Aphthona).

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