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What is this bug? - Buprestis gibbsii

What is this bug? - Buprestis gibbsii
Fiddletown Road, approx 2525 ft. elevation, Amador County, California, USA
August 8, 2007
Size: 0.66"

Moved

Buprestis gibbsii
A beautiful species that bores in Quercus kelloggii (Black Oak) and Quercus garryana (Oregon White Oak).

Kinda looks like
Kinda looks like Red-legged Buprestis (Buprestis rufipes) to me (not sure that really counts for much)

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