Well, no one took any guesses on the photo game (see below). But I am sure it was what everyone was thinking but no one actually said:

The first snipit was of the wing of a monarch butterfly:

The secod snipit was of the elytra (the modified, hardened forewing) of a metalic wood boring beetle (Buprestidae). These beetles are also called jewel beetles, and it is easy to see why:

This particular beetle was caught in one of our sticky panel traps, so it is a little goo-y and missing some antennae, but still pretty nonetheless.

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