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Metallic Wood Boring Beetle - Chrysobothris chrysoela

Metallic Wood Boring Beetle - Chrysobothris chrysoela
Neuse River, Croatan National Forest, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
April 14, 2006
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Chrysobothris chryseola
Rick Westcott got back to me and said that this a C. chryseola.

I bet this is a Chrysobothris
I bet this is a Chrysobothris chryseola. It could just be a freshly emerged specimen that has not got its colors all the way.

 
Thanks
are there other possibilities?

 
I sent a copy of the image to
I sent a copy of the image to Rick Westcott to see what he says. He specializes in Chrysobothris and Acmaeodera.

Chrysobothris sp. maybe ..
see chryseola - we have it in SC.

 
Maybe
I don't know how the light changes the spot colors, but the top spots were green and the bottom spots were orange. (Top being closer to the inner wing and bottom being closer to the outer edge of the wing.)

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