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Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle

Dicerca Pectorosa

Description:

Grey-Gold with little black lines along back. Gold legs and eyes. Glows red when sun hits it.

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LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 10 years ago

It is a member of this very big group (Family Buprestidae)- Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
Maybe Dicerca pectorosa, but I'm not at all 100% sure
http://bugguide.net/node/view/72606

Spokane, Washington, USA

Spotted on Mar 22, 2014
Submitted on Mar 23, 2014

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