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Giant Ceiba Beetle

Euchroma gigantea

Description:

Order : Coleoptera Family : Buprestidae Genus : Euchroma

Habitat:

Ceiba dry forest

Notes:

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/742...

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7 Comments

GustavoMorejon
GustavoMorejon 12 years ago

It´s the same specie, but from a different location.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

What is the last pic (green beetle) ?

Palaimon
Palaimon 12 years ago

The first picture is so amazing!

GustavoMorejon
GustavoMorejon 12 years ago

Thanks. The size of the beetle goes from 4 cm to near 8 cm long. It is great to see it flying around the Ceiba trees.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Excellent shots!!

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

About how big is this beetle?

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Great shots!

GustavoMorejon
Spotted by
GustavoMorejon

Parroquia Santa Elena, Provincia de Santa Elena, Ecuador

Spotted on Apr 25, 1986
Submitted on Jan 16, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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