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Buprestid - Agrilus planipennis

Buprestid - Agrilus planipennis
Kohler-Andrae State Park, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA
June 15, 2021
ID correction/confirmation appreciated.

Larger versions can be found here.

I was excited when I first found this pretty beetle on the beach. This feeling morphed to depression when I realized that it was actually this very destructive species. I saw many dozens washed up on the beach this day. There were probably many hundreds, if not thousands, that I did not see.