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Buprestis octoguttata
About 1 cm. long. It flew to our rucksack and then it crash with us. Then it acted like it was dead.
Thanks for favorite!
We were very lucky to find it because this type of beetle is not common were we live :)
Definitely a beetle, Order Coleoptera. If I had to take a guess at the family, I'd say Buprestidae, the metallic woodborers, or maybe even a pleasing fungus beetle, family Erotylidae.
Spotted on Aug 5, 2011
Submitted on Aug 5, 2011
