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Euchroma gigantea
Can someone PLEASE tell me the name of these bugs, they look like scarab coloured cockroaches. I've seen these bugs on very few occasions so I guess they're pretty rare. While I was photographing a pond I just got an urge to bring my camera over to some trees nearby, and I found one, soon i realized there were two of them...and I even got amazing HD mating footage.
Large trees
They seem VERY sensitive to sounds and movements (about as responsive, or even more responsive than roaches I'd say)
yes, I have seen a couple of them, but never with my camera in my hand. You are very lucky!
Lol thanks, I always wanted to photograph one of these bugs, and when I was photographing something else and just wandered off end ended up finding these two mating it was as if something called me there.
Also thanks Aaron_G 'jewel beetles' seem a likely fit
Looks like a Buprestid beetle (aka metallic wood-boring beetle). This one is a real beauty!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buprestidae...
Spotted on Mar 6, 2012
Submitted on Jul 20, 2012
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