Jewel Beetle

Description:

Chrysodema is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae. They are known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. This specimen (Chrysodema manillarum) is endemic to the Philippines.

Habitat:

Urban garden.

Notes:

Recently scientists made a startling discovery in the world of insects. It involved a common beetle called the jewel beetle which is designed with the uncanny ability to detect flames of a forest fire perhaps 80 kilometers (approximately 50 miles) away. - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2... Jewel Bettles endemic to the Philippines : http://web.romascuola.net/bups/drmlands/...