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Jewel beetle or Metalic Wood boring Beetle

Buprestidae




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3 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 11 months ago

thank you Juan for the ID, and Livan for the confirmation

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 11 months ago

Agree with Juan. Also called Metallic Wood-boring Beetles. There are very similar ones in the Tribe Chrysobothrini and in the Subgenus Haplanthaxia. It's beautiful.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 months ago

this is a Jewel beetle (Buprestidae)

Miravet, Catalunya, Spain

Lat: 41.04, Long: 0.58

Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jun 18, 2012

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