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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Buprestini » Trachykele » Western Cedar Borer (Trachykele blondeli) » Trachykele blondeli blondeli
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Green Beetle??? Auburn, WA 98001 - Trachykele blondeli
Copyright © 2011 peterw

Green Beetle??? Auburn, WA 98001 - Trachykele blondeli
Auburn, King County, Washington, USA
August 7, 2011
Size: 9-11mm

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Green Beetle??? Auburn, WA 98001 - Trachykele blondeli Green Beetle??? Auburn, WA 98001 - Trachykele blondeli
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Contributed by peterw on 7 August, 2011 - 8:33pm
Last updated 12 July, 2016 - 8:03pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Richard L. Westcott, 8 August, 2011 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

I'm still learning these guys
I'm still learning these guys, but this sure looks like the Trachykele I caught about a month ago here in California. See here for an example:
… Brady Richards, 7 August, 2011 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle (Buprestidae)?
See http://bugguide.net/node/view/162/bgimage.
… Richard Leung, 7 August, 2011 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

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