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Jewel Beetle

Family Buprestidae

Description:

Buprestidae is a family of beetles, known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors.

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5 Comments

Thanks for the complement @Yuko! It's frass not tail :)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Fantastic photos! Is that a tail?

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Amazing capture :)

It's glaring at me Austin. Thanks!

Austin Jacobs
Austin Jacobs 11 years ago

Awesome. It looks like it's glaring at the camera.

Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Spotted on Sep 15, 2012
Submitted on Sep 15, 2012

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