Metalic Green Little Ones from Today.

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Owen
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Metalic Green Little Ones from Today.

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Amazing what you can see looking at the pine pollen cones.

This one was about 4mm long:

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Maybe 5mm for this one:

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The big boy... about 7mm:

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Since these things just drop when you linger too close, I "knocked" it down to get the dorsal:

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Great captures, Owen. :thumb:
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Nice! Buprestids are one of my favorite groups. All the ones I see around here are just plain black though... Maybe I need to start checking out more pine trees. :D

That weevil is really cool too.
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absolutely gorgeous
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That real colorful one is Chrysophana placida. They're so easy to overlook when they're around a quarter inch long or less. Heck, even Acmaeodera are bigger.
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Owen wrote:That real colorful one is Chrysophana placida. They're so easy to overlook when they're around a quarter inch long or less. Heck, even Acmaeodera are bigger.
I was looking on Charles Bellamy's site and it actually looks more like the type specimen of C. conicola. I guess I'll throw it up on Bugguide and see what they say.
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