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March 2013 - Golden Buprestid
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Golden Buprestid, Buprestis aurulenta
Golden Buprestid, Buprestis aurulenta
This spectacular insect, with its brilliant metallic colour, is a beetle belonging to the family Buprestidae, also known as Jewel Beetles because of their spectacular colours. Because they bore into wood, they are sometimes called Metallic Wood-boring Beetles. This family of beetles is one of the largest beetles families with some 15,000 species around the world.
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