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Jewel Beetle

Acmaeodera flavomarginata

Description:

Black, red and yellow bug. About 1.5 cm.

Habitat:

Semi desert

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6 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Gracias Juan por la identificación exacta.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

Hola Luis, parece que al fin logré dar con la especie de este buprestido. Tomó algún tiempo pero estoy confiado de la identificación

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Jolly Ibañez, it must be the love seson ha ha

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Juan Di Trani

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

These are Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

My goodness Luis, it seems you have been disturbing the privacy of those poor animals trying to multiply! Hehe. Nice spotting. From the elytra, they look like from the order coleoptera - the beetles.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Sep 9, 2012
Submitted on Sep 11, 2012

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