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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
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Black and gray metallic beetle with gold highlights - Chrysobothris
Copyright © 2018 Jerry Friedman

Black and gray metallic beetle with gold highlights - Chrysobothris
Near Deception Peak, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
July 19, 2018
Landed near my feet. When I started to move to get a better angle, it flew away.
Above timberline, around 11,500 or 12,000 feet (3500-3700 m).
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Contributed by Jerry Friedman on 20 July, 2018 - 8:46am
Last updated 2 August, 2018 - 11:39am

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 2 August, 2018 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

Chrysobothris sp.
Chrysobothris sp.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 2 August, 2018 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the ID and the move.
… Jerry Friedman, 2 August, 2018 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles. Thanks, Ken.
… Jerry Friedman, 21 July, 2018 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

Buprestidae
This is a Metallic Wood-boring Beetle, family Buprestidae.
… Ken Allison, 21 July, 2018 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

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