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Buprestis octoguttata

Buprestis octoguttata

Photo by Noe and Pili
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Field Notes

Description:

About 1 cm. long. It flew to our rucksack and then it crash with us. Then it acted like it was dead.

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Species ID Suggestions

Buprestis octoguttata
Salvi
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Comments (4)
Noe and Pili
Thanks for favorite! We were very lucky to find it because this type of beetle is not common were we live :)
Noe and Pili
Thanks again Latimeria! In fact it is a Buprestis
Latimeria
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.

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PublishedAugust 5, 2011

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