Strange Beetle Photographed in Honduras

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MonkeyFox Edmonton, Canada Oct 11, 2009

This beetle was about three inches long. It didn't move very much either.

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 11, 2009

i think that's one of the metallic wood borers

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MonkeyFox Edmonton, Canada Jan 06, 2010

It wasn't really metallic. It wasn't shiny

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Jan 06, 2010

i don't know the species well enough to say but it is a wood boring beetle. here's one, not yours either but same family: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/21/124721-004-62B08D7C.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/125235/118678/Metallic-wood-boring-beetle&usg=__obTaZQcdi2QQAdbez5_ZHNf8RCE=&h=450&w=502&sz=45&hl=en&start=5&tbnid=easRI70HkcdFSM:&tbnh=117&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwood%2Bboring%2Bbeetle%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

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fisherwink Sarasota, FL Jan 08, 2010

i had one a week ago identified as Chalcophora virginiensis / Sculptured Pine Borer.

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Jan 08, 2010

we have them here too. interesting, aren't they?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jan 08, 2010

The family is almost certainly Buprestidae, sometimes called Jewel Beetles, but I can't get any closer than that.

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Jan 08, 2010

right you are, kennedyh! http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/choate/chalcophora1.htm

this is a good link for body shape comparisons and misc. info.

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