Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Buprestidae

Family Buprestidae, the metallic wood boring beetles - some of my favorites from the collection.

Julodis klugi... look familiar? Made a soft sculpture of this one, will do a comparison post soon.
Chrysochroa ocellata, I think the spots are fabulous.
Chalcophora fortis
Sternocera pulchra
Dicerca tenebrica
*A reminder that these are all my own photos, please do not use without my permission.
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6 comments:

  1. SAPhotographs (Joan)February 18, 2009 at 1:06 AM

    A beautiful collection there none of which seem to look even a bit like ours except for the one with the spots. We have one which is the same colors but in ines not spots.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2009 at 10:27 AM

    Wow - gorgeous beetles and photos!

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  3. SpiderbiteFebruary 20, 2009 at 8:38 PM

    I wanna pet and cuddle the first one.

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  4. Chuck BellamyOctober 13, 2009 at 10:31 PM

    The correct name for Julodis klugi is rather Julodis viridipes.
    cheers, Chuck Bellamy
    http://www.fond4beetles.com/Buprestidae/index.html

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  6. rhesselApril 11, 2012 at 8:03 PM

    Having skimmed through all of your posts, I am positively jealous. Thank you for showing me that the person I am striving to be, has already existed in one form or another :P

    You are... INSPIRING!!!

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