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jewel beetle

Photo by KdonGalay
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Description:

metallic wood boring beetle

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (16)
KdonGalay
thanks AndreNonotthatAndretheotheroneSmith
KarenL
No problem Kdon! I thought you knew the identity. I was trying to make a little dent in the very long list of "unknowns" by encouraging users to complete the details where known!
KdonGalay
hi Karen, in as much that i love to identify the specie without discrepancy, i just can't help but to leave it blank as i am not finely adept with arthropods. i could only speak for birds in the philippines in some level. sorry karen....or i would find someone from Haribon Foundation to identify it
KarenL
Hi Kdon! Where you know the common name of the species, please could you look up & add the scientific name - it is very easy to do on a Google search. That takes the spotting out of the "unknown" list. We would also appreciate it if you could add a reference link & complete some info in the details field for your spottings.
KdonGalay
thanks guys, sure we are all fascinated with the metallic coloration of this creature. take a closer look to the luminous light green color, it is actually in powdery form, it can easily be transferred to whatever it had firm contact with leaving nearly glow-in-the-dark traces. thanks also S Frazier for the ID, now i've change the name to generic one, be left until later after being dealt with proper identification
alicelongmartin
His outfit under his coat is fantastic. So glad you got him to Model it for us.
Scott Frazier
I think "maybe" from the metallic wood boring beetles, family Buprestidae. Here's an example of one member http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6940796 from not so far away.
ChimeTsetan
exquisite colors... i like the greenish shimmer of this bug. :) nice.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2011

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