#anthaxia

[herpsandbirds]

Jewel Beetle (Anthaxia candens), family Buprestidae, Slovakia

photograph by Pavel Forgáč

[coffeenuts]

Psychedelic Exoskeleton detail by D j a n g O https://flic.kr/p/2iLud4Y

[herpsandbirds]

Jewel Beetle (Anthaxia salicis), family Buprestidae, Hungary

photograph by Nikola Rahme

[herpsandbirds]

Jewel Beetle (Anthaxia salicis), family Buprestidae, Slovakia

photograph by Pavel Forgáč

[herpsandbirds]

Jewel Beetle (Anthaxia hungarica), female, family Buprestidae, Marathon Marshes, Attica, Greece

photograph by Umberto Albarella

[northwestnaturalist]

Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) Buprestidae

Glacier National Park, MT June 23, 2014 Robert Niese

These tiny wood borers (9mm long) are found abundantly in flower heads throughout the summer here in Montana.

[libutron]

Jewel Beetle - Anthaxia lucens lucens

Anthaxia lucens (Coleoptera - Buprestidae) is an European species of the so called jewel beetles, previously considered a subspecies of Anthaxia candens.

Photo credit: ©Sarah Gregg (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | Locality: Italy (2012)

[libutron]

Glowing jewel beetle - Anthaxia candens (female)

Beetles in the Buprestidae Family are aptly named Jewel beetles for their colorful and metallic shiny body. However, among them, Anthaxia candens is perhaps the most colorful of all. In fact, the scientific name of the species, candens, means glowing.

It is a very rare species found in Central, Southern and Western Europe. These beetles lay their eggs almost exclusively in the trees of cherry, plum and only occasionally other genus Prunus be considered. The larvae develop under the bark.

References: [1] - [2]

Photo credit: ©Nikola Rahmé | Locality: Biatorbágy, Pest, Hungary (2012)