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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Buprestini » Buprestis » subgenus Cypriacis (Buprestis subgenus Cypriacis) » Golden Buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta)
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Buprestid Beetle - Buprestis aurulenta
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Hart

Buprestid Beetle - Buprestis aurulenta
5 mi. south of Port Angeles, ~2,000 ft. elevation, Clallam County, Washington, USA
July 26, 2008
Size: 1.8 cm
We see these buprestids every year around our house, but they're not common here. This one is on a deck railing.

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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 29 July, 2008 - 5:57pm
Last updated 23 August, 2008 - 3:03pm

BBC Wildlife
For what it's worth, this image was used (with permission, credit and a small payment) in the November 2015 issue of BBC Wildlife magazine, in a Q&A about the insect with the longest larval stage.
They cite Canadian builders who found active larvae in a 51-year-old board.
… Stephen Hart, 2 November, 2015 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Haggard and Haggard
Peter Haggard's photo of Buprestis aurulenta on page 30 of Insects of the Pacific Northwest looks like a good match too.
… Stephen Hart, 18 September, 2008 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Buprestis (Cypriacis) aurulenta.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 23 August, 2008 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 23 August, 2008 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 16 August, 2008 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

All I can say is WOW!
All I can say is WOW!
… Jason W., 30 July, 2008 - 1:08am login or register to post comments

nice find
It's a real beauty!
… Lynette Elliott, 29 July, 2008 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

...
Buprestis aurulenta, perhaps?
… Aaron Goodwin, 29 July, 2008 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Buprestis aurulenta, perhaps?
Looks good to me. I'll wait to move it, in case anyone else weighs in.
… Stephen Hart, 29 July, 2008 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

 
I second the motion
I did a report on these beauties last year for my Forest Health class in college. And I found one just the other day, so beautiful!

I agree with Buprestis aurulenta!
… Crystal Slaght, 29 July, 2008 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

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