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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Buprestini » Buprestis » subgenus Cypriacis (Buprestis subgenus Cypriacis) » Golden Buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta)
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Green Beetle? - Buprestis aurulenta
Copyright © 2011 Steve McClure

Green Beetle? - Buprestis aurulenta
Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
July 30, 2011
Size: 25 mm
This guy collided with me when I was out for a late afternoon walk and ended up on his back on the ground. I shot him, then helped him get turned over. Two seconds later he flew away. Love the red underside and green back!

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Contributed by Steve McClure on 6 August, 2011 - 12:46am
Last updated 23 August, 2013 - 2:30pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Cypriacis.
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Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
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Buprestis aurulenta
Sometimes called the Golden Buprestid, like the following image:
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