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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Acmaeoderini » Acmaeoderina » Acmaeodera » Acmaeodera xanthosticta
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Acmaeodera xanthosticta - Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Acmaeodera xanthosticta
Copyright © 2017 Bill Lucas

Acmaeodera xanthosticta - Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Acmaeodera xanthosticta
Barefoot Beach, Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
July 17, 2015
Size: 1/2 inch

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Contributed by Bill Lucas on 31 January, 2017 - 9:50pm
Last updated 4 July, 2017 - 4:06pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 1 February, 2017 - 7:06am login or register to post comments

This is A. xanthosticta, and
This is A. xanthosticta, and is a really amazing find.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 1 February, 2017 - 4:52am login or register to post comments

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
Nice one! This looks like Acmaeodera xanthosticta. (Florida range) You can frass the other shot or re-crop it to show the natural, yellow coloration of the spots. (first live specimen, maybe)
… Bob Biagi, 31 January, 2017 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes. It was alive.
Yes. It was alive.
… Bill Lucas, 3 February, 2017 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

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