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Metallic Woodborer

Acmaeodera ornata

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Field Notes

Habitat:

blue-eyed grass in grassy dune area of Shackleford Island

Reference Links:

metallic woodborer - Acmaeodera ornata - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
sarah in the woods
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
I have the same kind of spotting. Do you think it is the same Sarah? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/25490047 http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16168491

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PublishedApril 22, 2014

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