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beautiful beetle

Jewel beetles known as metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy, iridescent colors. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buprestidae

 

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Florida, USA

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Uploaded on June 20, 2026
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