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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Chrysochroini » Chalcophora » Western Sculptured Pine Borer (Chalcophora angulicollis)
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Chalcophora angulicollis
Copyright © 2006 Scott Nelson

Chalcophora angulicollis
Oakridge, Lane County, Oregon, USA
June 11, 2002
Size: 25 mm
One can see the beautiful irredescence underneath the elytra. Jewel beetles are among the prettiest insects in my opinion.
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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 8 January, 2006 - 11:40am
Last updated 11 April, 2016 - 3:48pm

Cool!
I remember the first time I encountered this species, emerging in good numbers at the resort of Sunriver, Deschutes County, Oregon. They fly with a loud, droning buzz, and disappear instantly against the trunks of Ponderosa pine! That dazzling metallic blue really shocks you when they take off again. Very alert beetles, as most buprestids are. C. angulicollis is sometimes synonymized with C. virginiensis.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 January, 2006 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow
That's one beautiful beetle. Thanks for the info on this species Eric!
… Brittanie McCormack, 22 August, 2006 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

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