I was delighted that I had brought my camera when I saw the helicopter. . .but of course I had not brought it for helicopters. I had had some slight hope of photographing dragonflies. Instead I was lucky enough to see this beautiful beetle. This one belongs to the Chrysomelidae family. And yes, it really *is* metallic blue.This brings me to the subject of one of my new favorite websites which is both useful for identifying strange insects and for ooohing and ahhhing over the exceptionally beautiful job some people do of photographing very small creatures:
http://bugguide.net
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