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["Scott Williamson" <ScottW@acespower.com>]

I was wondering if anyone could help me ID an insect.  I can't seem to get much in my searches other than Japanese Beetles or Green Junebugs.

 

I was going to take pictures, but after I threw them in a bucket of water their color faded a bit.

 

I found them on my plum trees last night eating the plum blossoms just before they've opened.  They vary in size to about the size and shape of a firefly and smaller.  Maybe a little thinner.  They have a metalli green head, dark brown wings, and dark orange legs.  I didn't think to look a their underside and I swear I've seen them before, but I can't ID them.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott

Central Indiana Zone 5b

 

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