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and it was a six-buprestid day - Spectralia gracilipes
Copyright © 2011 john and jane balaban

and it was a six-buprestid day - Spectralia gracilipes
Harms Woods forest preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 24, 2011
Size: ~11mm
Wandering through the oak woodland, Eric was finding buprestids everywhere.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 26 June, 2011 - 8:44pm
Last updated 27 June, 2011 - 10:45am

Moved
Moved from Texania. Not big enough to be Texania.
… Ted C. MacRae, 27 June, 2011 - 10:45am

 
Nice!
Thanks, Ted, I have my own images of this one....had no idea what genus :-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 June, 2011 - 6:49pm

 
shucks...
mea culpa. forgot about that one.
… v belov, 27 June, 2011 - 1:43pm

Moved tentatively; nice bup, just a bit too large
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… v belov, 26 June, 2011 - 9:24pm

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