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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Buprestini » Buprestis » subgenus Cypriacis (Buprestis subgenus Cypriacis) » Golden Buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta)
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Golden Buprestid - Buprestis aurulenta
Copyright © 2006 The Longs

Golden Buprestid - Buprestis aurulenta
A ranch, between Mitchell and Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA
June 26, 2006
This beautiful beetle landed on our daughter's finger during a picnic. We arrived at the ID by searching the guide for metallic beetles, and found this, which seems to match. A comment on one of the other images said this is a fairly common beetle in the Pacific northwest; so it seemed likely. Any confirmation or correction is welcome.
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Contributed by The Longs on 8 July, 2006 - 2:51pm
Last updated 6 March, 2013 - 1:42pm

Found one of these guys dead
Found one of these guys dead on my bedroom floor and I live in Vermont. The room had served as temporary storage for my sister's things after she moved from NM, so I'm guessing he hitchhiked East. Can't think how else a Pacific Northwest bug would appear!
… KarlaB, 17 July, 2019 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

I got one!
Hey, I have one too! And I'm keeping it! I have a couple questions though...how do I know which needles are Douglas fir, which it eats? And can it bite me?
Thanks!
… Princess Kiara, 24 September, 2011 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

Buprestis (Cypriacis) aurulenta
That's it! I really didn't expect to get a response so quickly. Thanks very much for the ID. BTW, the photo was a quick shot with a non-macro zoom lens. Given how beautiful the Jewel Beetle is, I'm glad it turned out.

Best regards,
Patrick
… Patrick Kincaid, 30 May, 2008 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

buprestid
wow what a beauty! I love these beetles
… Christina , 25 August, 2007 - 12:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Buprestis.
… Joshua P. Basham, 6 September, 2006 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Golden Buprestid.
… Joshua P. Basham, 30 August, 2006 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

You got it!
You are correct, that's a golden buprespid, congrads on a great find!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 8 July, 2006 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

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