Metalic Wood-boring Beetle
The first thing I saw on this rabbitbrush
was a large
clump. I turned off my car and moseyed over.
I could then tell there were four insects
and they might be
Agrilus metallic wood-boring beetles.
The female, of course, is in the middle
and three males are
grouped around her. I used the flash on my camera
to illuminate the insects better and it really brought out the colors in them. It's evident the males are more
bronze-colored while the female is a gorgeous metallic blue. Beautiful insects! © Carol Davis, 8-16-2009
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to illuminate the insects better and it really brought out the colors in them. It's evident the males are more
bronze-colored while the female is a gorgeous metallic blue. Beautiful insects! © Carol Davis, 8-16-2009
On to Part II - the first ones I ever saw
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