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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 » Anthaxia
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Beetle on Encelia - Anthaxia
Copyright © 2009 Peter Bryant

Beetle on Encelia - Anthaxia
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
April 21, 2009
Size: ~6mm bl

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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 21 April, 2009 - 8:21pm
Last updated 22 April, 2009 - 11:06pm

Anthaxia
Looks like Anthaxia, it's definitely a buprestid
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 21 April, 2009 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice find, Peter
I'm imprestid. Saw a couple common ones at Nix within the week.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 April, 2009 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

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