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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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Green metallic with red stripe beetle - Buprestis aurulenta
Copyright © 2005 DebbieTT

Green metallic with red stripe beetle - Buprestis aurulenta
Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
June 16, 2005
Size: half inch long?
Found in a pot I was digging around in the soil.
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Contributed by DebbieTT on 17 June, 2005 - 7:04pm
Last updated 6 September, 2006 - 10:58pm

Golden buprestid
I found one of these 2 days ago, and I was wondering if anybody knows what they eat? I am planning on keeping the bug until it dies so then I can add it to my collection, but I want to keep it alive as long as possible.
… Greenybug123, 10 June, 2014 - 11:39am 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

Golden buprestid.
This lovely beetle is the "golden buprestid," Cypriacis aurulenta (formerly Buprestis aurulenta). They are relatively common in the Pacific Northwest. The larvae bore in dead and dying conifers, and sometimes get trapped in milled lumber. In such cases, they may continue boring for decades (record is 51 years) before emerging as adults like this one. Usual life cycle is probably 3-5 years.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 June, 2005 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

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