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Coraebus rubi
Coraebus rubi is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Agrilinae. This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the Near East, in East Palearctic ecozone and in North Africa. This wood boring beetle is smaller than a rice grain with approximately 5 mm body length and about 2 mm across.
Found it at about 350 ft above sea level elevation forest margins feeding on divers small to medium size trees.
Spotted on Sep 9, 2013
Submitted on Dec 20, 2013
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Nice one, Shekai - glad you can upload postings again! :)