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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 » Buprestini » Buprestis » subgenus Buprestis (Buprestis subgenus Buprestis) » Lined Buprestris (Buprestis lineata)
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Buprestis species ? - Buprestis lineata
Copyright © 2009 Paul A Scharf

Buprestis species ? - Buprestis lineata
Lake Gaston , Warren County, North Carolina, USA
July 10, 2009
This is my first photo of what I believe is a Buprestid. From the Guide photos , it looks like it might be Buprestis lineata. Can somebody confirm it ?
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Contributed by Paul A Scharf on 21 July, 2009 - 8:37am
Last updated 31 May, 2011 - 10:06am

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… margarethe brummermann, 23 July, 2009 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

I would call it lineata, too
nicely marked one. But you should still wait for a bup expert--I think this is the only one in NC that looks like that but...
… Harry Zirlin, 21 July, 2009 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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