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 Jewel beetle from Corsica
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| nick upton |
Posted on 28-11-2010 15:38
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Can anyone identify this Buprestid beetle to genus/species? It looks quite like images I have found of Anthaxia millefollii polychloros, but there may be many similar species I'm unaware of. 29.5.2010 c 12mm feeding on Hawkweeds flowers at c500m in Corsica nick upton attached the following image:  [134.85Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:23
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
I will ask Nikola. He should know this Buprestidae
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:25
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
thanks to Nikola: Anthaxia hungarica male
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 06-12-2010 22:49
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
OK many thanks Ruud and Nikola. Seems I got the genus right. I think I saw some pics of A. hungarica but maybe of females which have purple margins to the thorax, and maybe mine is a male, as they are all green. The species name put me off as well, but I read it is common all around the mediterranean.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 06-12-2010 22:50
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
the species is known from Corsica as well, Nikola said
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 06-12-2010 22:57
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
OK, that helps! Great to put a name to a beetle, there is an inordinate number of them out there!
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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