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23-JUN-2016 Christine Hanrahan

Metallic wood-boring beetle (Dicerca sp.?)

Purdon Fen

This may be Dicerca divaricata. A beautiful metallic beetle which landed on my arm. It seemed quite passive so I picked it off and put it on the ground to get a better look at it. These beetles are in the family Buprestidae, same family as the Emerald Ash Borer. They are sometimes called jewel beetles, and not hard to see why, in my view, anyway!

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/60s f/2.8 at 4.5mm iso400 full exif

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victorswan31-Jan-2018 17:37
Wow this one is a special one to me because I have not seen him in our regions, a great image with a lot of details Christine very nice work BV
Pierre Martin24-Jun-2016 01:34
great sharp picture!
really like the looking
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