Insect Brooch - Shining Leaf Beetle (in clear Lucite)

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Insect Brooch - Shining Leaf Beetle (in clear Lucite) Insect Brooch Real Shining Leaf Beetle - Acrothinium gaschkevitschii specimen encased in our proprietary developed lucite material. The specimen is crystal clear, indestructible and transparent. Safe,authentic and completely unbreakable specimen put real Beetle right at your fingertips! Size the beetle is 1.2 cm (0.5 inch). Size of the lucite block is 3.0x2.0x1.0 cm (1.2x0.8x0.4 inch). Weight of the brooch is 15 g and 35 g with packing box. It is a beautiful brooch and is also a very good collectible item for every body. I have a lot more insect specimen items in my ebay store( /Gao-Fu-Collectibles ), you may log in my store to view the details. Shining Leaf Beetle - Acrothinium gaschkevitschii Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Distribution: Eastern China Body size: 4.5 – 9 mm This is a really beautiful little beetle with metallic red/green wing cases (elytra). The species occurs throughout China, Japan, Korea and is also found in Siberia. Apparently it’s a pest of grapes, so it appears on the “regulated” lists in the USA and New Zealand. Leaf beetles (order Coleoptera, family Chrysomelidae) range from Cylindrical and elongate to round-backed. Many species are brightly coloured or metallic. The antennae are less than half the length of the body, which is typically smooth and read more