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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 » Knowltonia
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Retro Psychadellic Beetle - Knowltonia
Copyright © 2009 Callisto Images 2009

Retro Psychadellic Beetle - Knowltonia
Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson , Pima County, Arizona, USA
May 5, 2009
Size: 15-20 mm
I actually found a caterpillar, and while I was overly amazed by it, my friend Eric actually found this guy in the same place.
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Contributed by Leigh Anne DelRay on 19 May, 2009 - 7:38pm
Last updated 10 May, 2010 - 4:40pm

Moved
Moved from Chrysobothris lucana.
… Dennis Haines, 10 May, 2010 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

btw
Beauty of a photo, and of a living specimen too! I usually collect buprestids before taking the time to photograph them in situ!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 May, 2009 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

very nice Chrysobothris! great find.
others will tell you more
… v belov, 19 May, 2009 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
They'll also try to get get f
They'll also try to get get first dibs on it if you A) kept it, and B) don't want it :-) hint hint
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 May, 2009 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

 
We actually let him go
He was very annoyed with us, so we released him. I don't think he would have made a very good pet either.
But, he was pretty enough to turn into a piece of jewelry.
… Leigh Anne DelRay, 20 May, 2009 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysobothris lucana Horn, 18
Chrysobothris lucana Horn, 1894. A very nice thing indeed!
… Dennis Haines, 20 May, 2009 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Dennis
i suspected this but i feel very insecure about bups
… v belov, 20 May, 2009 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
The other photos
of the same individual beetle (photographed by Eric Eaton) have been moved to Knowltonia sp.
Where should this one be? It can't be two spp at once?
… margarethe brummermann, 10 May, 2010 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

 
My mistake, I missed the copp
My mistake, I missed the coppery margins of the elytra. Otherwise color and pattern are very similar. Knowltonia used to be in the genus Chrysobothris, and the two genera are closely allied.
… Dennis Haines, 10 May, 2010 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

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