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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Chrysobothris » Chrysobothris dentipes
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Jewel beetle - Chrysobothris dentipes - female
Copyright © 2015 Eric R. Eaton

Jewel beetle - Chrysobothris dentipes - Female
North Cheyenne Cañon park, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
July 4, 2015
Size: ~15-20 mm
Images identified conclusively by Rick Westcott and Ted MacRae on a Facebook group devoted to Buprestidae and Cerambycidae. Several females were ovipositing on a pine log (probably Ponderosa Pine), plus a male or two. Females aggressively chased female Phaenops gentilis that were also ovipositing. Habitat is mixed conifer forest with Gambel's oak, chokecherry, and other shrubs in the understory. Pretty open woodland at that spot. Elevation roughly 6,700 ft.

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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 6 July, 2015 - 11:38am
Last updated 10 July, 2015 - 3:32pm

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