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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Metallic Wood Boring Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothris
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Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Chrysobothris
Copyright © 2008 Fred & Melly Zeillemaker

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Chrysobothris
11.4 miles north of Ola, Gem County, Idaho, USA
July 27, 2008
Size: 3/8"
Subject on branch of felled Western Yellow (Ponderosa) Pine. Shy and very fast moving. A lucky photo! Anthaxia sp.? Appreciate identification assistance.
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Contributed by Fred & Melly Zeillemaker on 2 August, 2008 - 9:43am
Last updated 18 September, 2008 - 7:27pm

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Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Joshua P. Basham, 16 August, 2008 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 16 August, 2008 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Chrysobothris
Looks like one of the smaller species of Chrysobothris, they seem to like pine. Can't help with species, there are a LOT of them!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 2 August, 2008 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

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