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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 » Chrysobothris » Chrysobothris azurea
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Buprestid IMG_5136_b - Chrysobothris azurea
Copyright © 2011 Steve Nanz

Buprestid IMG_5136_b - Chrysobothris azurea
Ward Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York, USA
June 27, 2010
Collected by Harry Zirlin at a Cerceris fumipennis colony in Ward Pound Ridge, NY. The beetle was dropped by one of the wasps.

Just looking for ID as I know next to nothing abut Buprestidae. Feel free to frass.
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 22 January, 2011 - 7:02am
Last updated 18 July, 2011 - 2:22pm

Moved
Moved from Chrysobothris.
… Joshua P. Basham, 18 July, 2011 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Chrysobothris
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.

Feel free to frass.
… Steve Nanz, 26 January, 2011 - 4:43am login or register to post comments

Chrysobothris azurea?
Chrysobothris azurea?
… Joshua P. Basham, 22 January, 2011 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

Chrysobothris, a diff. sp.
why, why those oblique angles? they make identification so much more difficult...
… v belov, 22 January, 2011 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

 
Answer
All these images were cropped from 6 shots I took rapid fire.

Harry Zirlin showed us the beetles he had collected that day on box top. I was leading a bird club field trip that day and only had time to whip off a few shots.

Are they of any value to the Guide or should I frass them?
… Steve Nanz, 22 January, 2011 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

 
i see...
let our bup gang work on them first, Steve.
i'm sure at least some will be kept
it really pains me to see this amazing sample of Cerceris prey denied attention it deserves... hope Harry kept the stuff
… v belov, 22 January, 2011 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
He Did
I just sent you an email so be on the look out for it. Harry says he's got about 25 species.
… Steve Nanz, 22 January, 2011 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

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