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Buprestidae

Buprestidae sp.

Photo by pamsai
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30.75, 78.44

Field Notes

Description:

Buprestidae is a family of beetles, known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,000 species known in 450 genera

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
pamsai
thanks bayucca. I checked around on the internet, but couldn't find anything exactly the same. Not so surprising as wiki says there are 15,000 species!
injica
definitely buprestidae!
LaurenZarate
Actually I think this is a Buprestid, very pretty one too!
injica
Another beautiful spotting from Himalayas :)) love this beetles!
bayucca
Buprestidae. Try once Buprestis sp., but I only now Buprestis octoguttata, which is not, but similar. Maybe you find some info about Buprestis from your area.

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PublishedJune 17, 2013

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