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Buprestidae - Chrysochroinae - Tribe Chrysochroini

This is your one stop guide to various types of Buprestidae beetles there are. Our work carried out in the Philippines has enabled us to find a vast collection of beetles, many of which are highly unusual. The following pictures of Buprestidae beetles will help you if you are hoping to identify some in the future. Keen amateur entomologists will hopefully find this fascinating.

These beetles are often called jewel beetles or metal word-boring beetles because their colours are fabulously glossy and iridescent. Beetle collectors consider these to be a great find. The elytrae of this type of beetles is traditionally used in beetlewing jewellery. That sort of jewellery is the type that wouldn't look out of place on a woman dining in a five-star hotel or playing poker (www.partypoker.com) in a luxury casino, even if it is on her laptop in the lobby. We are sure you will agree, that even in a photograph, the pure beauty of these insects and their truly unique colouring is apparent and you can see why people would want to get their hands on a beetle like this.

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