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Wood Borer Beetle/Jewel Beetle

Chrysochroa fulminans

Description:

Found this bug along the road. It has a nice blue wings and and colorful ventral part.



1 species ID suggestions

martinl
martinl 10 months ago
Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulminans "mandarin jewels" detal | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

15 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 3 months ago

Nice blue!

Greenphoenix
Greenphoenix 7 months ago

thanks for the comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 months ago

Excelent photos.

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 10 months ago

cute...and the colour it is nice.

RobBielawski
RobBielawski 10 months ago

Wow, what a beautiful beetle!

Greenphoenix
Greenphoenix 10 months ago

Thanks a lot for the info martin... got the sample for preservation purposes. In deed the posterior has the green part.

martinl
martinl 10 months ago

This Jewel beetle is from Indonesia and is usually green. There is a well known violet form which I believe your spotting is. Notice the posterior tip is green. http://www.wingsoftherainforest.com/item...

Greenphoenix
Greenphoenix 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing martin.

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 months ago

Nice spot!

Greenphoenix
Greenphoenix 10 months ago

Thanks Ashish... so this is a Wood Borer Beetle?

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 10 months ago

Lovely Wood Borer Beetle.

Greenphoenix
Greenphoenix 10 months ago

Thanks Agustin, indeed its colorful

Agustín Amenabar
Agustín Amenabar 10 months ago

Dazzling colours!

Bukidnon, Philippines

Lat: 8.31, Long: 124.79

Spotted on Aug 4, 2012
Submitted on Aug 6, 2012

Reference

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