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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Chlaenius tricolor is a species of vivid metallic ground beetle in the family Carabidae.
Adult beetles are metallic blue with violet luster, with a striking yellow-orange rim on the elytra and mostly yellow-colored legs and antennae. They are 18 to 22.5 mm (0.7 to 0.9 in) in length. They are 18 to 22.5 mm (0.7 to 0.9 in) in length.
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described. [1]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Buprestoidea is a superfamily of beetles. [1] [2] ... the jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles. Schizopodidae LeConte ...
They are also known as ground beetles, and are oval shaped and elongated. They are black with a green metallic hue and vertical stripes running down their backs. The length of a fully grown beetle ranges from 27 to 31 mm. [2] They have three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings. The outer wings are greatly degenerated, making them unable to fly.
This large ground beetle has characteristic metallic bright green elytra, while scutellum is metallic bluish. The head is black. These colours have iridescent shades that change (green, blue, bronze, copper, gold black) according to the direction and quality of light.
Epomis is a subgenus of ground beetle genus Chlaenius. The larvae of this subgenus are notable for being obligate role-reversal predators. [1] Amphibians such as frogs are normally predators of beetles; however, Epomis larvae feed exclusively on amphibians. [2] [3]
3 Identification. 4 Eggs. 5 References. ... Chlaenius aestivus is a species of beetle of the family Carabidae. Description. C. aestivus is a large species of ground ...