A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Psiloptera equestris
About 3 cm long beetle; elytra finely striped. Body shiny turquoise blue, visible only when it spreads its wings. Same colour as the feet.
Amazon jungle, along the Kourou river.
I saw a blue light flying by among the vegetation, but as soon as it sat down, it became invisible. It took me quite a while to discover the carrier of this light, as it flew away as soon as I approached. Must be a member of the Buprestidae family I guess. Any suggestions?
A cheap one, only 15€ ;-)...
http://www.entomoservice.fr/product_info...
Please, verify, the only reference I found.
Spotted on Aug 17, 2000
Submitted on Dec 17, 2012
+1
