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Photo by Brian38
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Field Notes

Description:

Buprestidae. (Acmaeodera macra a possibility?) but it doesn't exactly look like that either.

Habitat:

Spotted on a flower at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas.

Reference Links:

Species Acmaeodera macra - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Ornithoptera80
I would agree, the variation is a little different on this specimen compared to the other ones in the genus.
Brian38
Thank you Ornithoptera80 for the suggestion. I have doubts about A. amabilis as BugGuide has its easterly extent of range in west Texas. Also it has red and mine doesn't. I'll keep looking.

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PublishedDecember 1, 2020

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