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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 » Actenodes » Actenodes calcarata
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Actenodes calcarata - male
Copyright © 2010 Kira

Actenodes calcarata - Male
Bulk Cargo, BCUT, LaPorte, Harris County, Texas, USA
August 3, 2010
Size: 17mm
Previousely recorded from Refugio and Hidalgo Counties in TX.
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Contributed by Kira on 5 August, 2010 - 11:34am
Last updated 5 August, 2010 - 1:14pm

Very cool buprestid! No wonde
Very cool buprestid! No wonder I couldn't get any of these through trades. Thanks for adding it Kira.

The design looks like the batman symbol.
… Joshua P. Basham, 5 August, 2010 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, this one's quite gorgeou
Yes, this one's quite gorgeous! I've been on a buprestid kick lately, maybe will start imaging more now.

BATMAN BUP!!
… Kira, 5 August, 2010 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

cool. thanks again.
Moved from Actenodes.
… v belov, 5 August, 2010 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

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