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Escaravelho Metálico

Anthaxia scutellaris




1 species ID suggestions

oxyjack
oxyjack a year ago
Metallic Boring Beetles
Family Buprestidae

3 Comments

Cláudio Marques
Cláudio Marques a year ago

Very interesting. Thank you oxyjack.

oxyjack
oxyjack a year 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.

harsuame
harsuame a year ago

Sensacional series

Portugal

Lat: 39.99, Long: -8.79

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

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