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The jewel beetle has a shiny, brilliant color on its chitinous shell called the carapace. Buprestidae is their scientific name, but they are known as

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Jewel Beetles - Natural pieces of jewellery - Natural History

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Jewel Beetles - Natural pieces of jewellery - Natural History

Exotic Tropical Insects Mounted in Wooden Brown Shadow Box ,Clear Glass top with Name Tag. Nice Entomology Specimen Set. Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.