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Metallic Woodborer

Acmaeodera ornata

Habitat:

blue-eyed grass in grassy dune area of Shackleford Island

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3 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 years ago

Thanks Sarah.

sarah in the woods
sarah in the woods 9 years ago

Luis, they do appear to be metallic woodborers. Try searching through the buprestidae family on bugguide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/162
Lovely spottings, and I do like the name Jewel Beetle much better, especially since they are found on flowers.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 years ago

I have the same kind of spotting. Do you think it is the same Sarah?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/254...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/161...

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Apr 13, 2014
Submitted on Apr 22, 2014

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