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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]
Specimen found in Jamaica on an ackee tree (Blighia sapida). Remarkaby it resembles the ackee fruit pod. Euchroma giganteum, the Metallic Wood Boring Beetle or Giant Metallic Ceiba Borer, is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae, the only species in the genus Euchroma.
Anthaxia quadripunctata, the metallic wood-boring beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae. Subspecies [ edit ]
Fragment of a broomstick affected by woodworm. Woodboring beetles are commonly detected a few years after new construction. The lumber supply may have contained wood infected with beetle eggs or larvae, and since beetle life cycles can be one or more years, several years may pass before the presence of beetles becomes noticeable.
Chalcophora japonica, or ubatamamushi in Japanese (Japanese kanji: 姥玉虫, katakana: ウバタマムシ; lit. 'nanny jewel bug'), also known as the flat-headed wood-borer, is a metallic, bullet-shaped, woodboring beetle of the Buprestidae family. It is endemic to Japan.
Buprestoidea is a superfamily of beetles. [1] [2] ... Buprestidae Leach 1815, the jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles. Schizopodidae LeConte 1861; References
Melanophila acuminata, known generally as the black fire beetle or fire bug, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in the Caribbean , Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, and Southern Asia.
Phaenops drummondi, the flatheaded fir borer, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America. It is found in North America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]