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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 » Buprestis » Red-legged Buprestis (Buprestis rufipes)
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Buprestis rufipes
Copyright © 2005 Chris Wirth

Buprestis rufipes
Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
August 1, 2005
I think this is Buprestis rufipes

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Buprestis rufipes Buprestis rufipes
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Contributed by Chris Wirth on 2 August, 2005 - 4:26pm

Not so sure.
I'm not so sure that is the correct ID. I know that buprestids can be quite variable in color, but I've never seen a B. rufipes with red markings on it. Very subdued green color, too, unless the lighting is poor.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 August, 2005 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

 
B. rufipes
The subdued green color is due to the lighting. The only red markings are at the tip of the elytra as in photo#23435.
… Chris Wirth, 3 August, 2005 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

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