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Escaravelho Metálico

Anthaxia scutellaris

1 Species ID Suggestions

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago
Metallic Boring Beetles
Family Buprestidae


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3 Comments

Claudio Marques
Claudio Marques 12 years ago

Very interesting. Thank you oxyjack.

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

This family includes some of the world's most beautiful beetles. Even the ones that seem dull from above have beautiful metallic colors on their underside. They are known as "boring beetles" because their larvae develop in wood and bore D-shaped tunnels.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Sensacional series

Claudio Marques
Spotted by
Claudio Marques

Portugal

Spotted on Apr 1, 2012
Submitted on Apr 3, 2012

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