Buprestis aurulenta

Buprestis aurulenta, commonly known as the golden jewel beetle[1] or golden buprestid, is a species of beetle in the genus Buprestis.[2]

Buprestis aurulenta
Adult
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Buprestis
Species:
B. aurulenta
Binomial name
Buprestis aurulenta
Linnaeus, 1767

The larvae of Buprestis aurulenta live inside a variety of coniferous trees and can survive for long periods in dry wood.[3] The adult beetle is an iridescent green, with shining orange trim all around the wing covers.[1]

The beetles are found in the Pacific Northwest as far north as southern British Columbia and southward through the Rocky Mountains to Mexico.[4] They are rare in Alberta, and specimens have been collected in Manitoba.[4]

On May 27, 1983, a golden jewel beetle emerged from a staircase in Essex, UK, after at least 47 years as a larva.[5]

References
  1. Acorn, John (2001). Bugs of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC: Lone Pine Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-55105-231-1.
  2. Cranshaw, Whitney; Kondratieff, Boris C. (2006). Guide to Colorado Insects. Englewood, CO: Westcliffe Publishers. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9781565795211. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. Robert A. Zabel; Jeffrey J. Morrell (2 December 2012). Wood Microbiology: Decay and Its Prevention. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-323-13946-5.
  4. Hilchie, Gerald J. (February 9, 2001). "Family Buprestidae, genus Buprestis". University of Alberta Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  5. Guinness world records 2005. Jim Pattison Group. 2004. p. 69. ISBN 9780851121925.


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