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Photo by JamieBye
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Field Notes

Description:

Colourful thorax and body, glistens in sunlight. Very tiny beetle.

Habitat:

Found enveloped amongst a spider web at work

Species ID Suggestions

Metallic wood-boring beetle

Family Buprestidae

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Aaron_G
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Golden Buprestis

Buprestis aurulenta

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bayucca
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Comments (5)
oxyjack
It's range extends northward up to BC too.
oxyjack
It is definitely Buprestis aurulenta, a rather common Buprestid in forested areas of California and Oregon.
bayucca
This one is probably the same one: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/59577509 The ID of Green pubescent ground beetle, Chlaenius sericeus, for this one is in my opinion wrong. I think it might be Buprestis aurulenta, but somebody has to confirm that.

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PublishedApril 15, 2012

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