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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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Iridescent beetle2 - Buprestis aurulenta
Copyright © 2009 gnostic

Iridescent beetle2 - Buprestis aurulenta
San Juan, San Juan County, Washington, USA
August 5, 2009
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Contributed by gnostic on 13 August, 2009 - 5:27pm
Last updated 13 August, 2009 - 11:33pm

Nice beetle,
welcome to the Bugguide. Your very nice photos would be even better if you either got closer to the beetle, zoomed in, or simply cropped the photos. Make the beetle just about fill the frame!
… margarethe brummermann, 13 August, 2009 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 13 August, 2009 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

Buprestis aurulenta, i suppose
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… v belov, 13 August, 2009 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

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