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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 » Buprestis (Cypriacis) aurulenta (Buprestis aurulenta)
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Jewel Beetle - Buprestis aurulenta
Copyright © 2009 MR GREEN

Jewel Beetle - Buprestis aurulenta
China Beach, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
July 1, 2009
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Contributed by MR GREEN on 10 August, 2009 - 7:18pm
Last updated 11 August, 2009 - 9:52am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 August, 2009 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

Buprestis aurulenta - Jewel Beetle
So this is Buprestis aurulenta - Jewel Beetle. I first found the ID at http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/08/20/golden-buprestid-or-jewel-beetle/ Never been to whatsthatbug.com before.
… MR GREEN, 10 August, 2009 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

Beetle
in the family Buprestidae, and the coloration is related to how light reflects in the exoskeleton, known as irridescence, Phosphoresence is something completely different that involves actually giving off light, which is not happening here..
… Guy A. Hanley, 10 August, 2009 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

 
oops
one too many r's there...
… Guy A. Hanley, 10 August, 2009 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Phosphorescence/Iridescence
I stand corrected. Thank you.
… MR GREEN, 10 August, 2009 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Iridescence
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… Skip Blanchard, 10 August, 2009 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

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