metallic wood-boring beetle
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any of numerous metallic green, blue, copper, or black beetles of the family Buprestidae, the larvae of which bore into the wood of trees.
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also called Jewel Beetle,
any of some 15,000 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera), mostly distributed in tropical regions, that are among the most brilliantly coloured insects. These beetles are long, narrow, and flat, with a tapering abdomen. The wing covers (
elytra) of some species are metallic blue, copper, green, or black in colour. Highly metallic beetles were used as living jewelry by both women and men during the Victorian Age. The brightly coloured body of other species is hidden by the dull dark wing covers and is exposed only during flight or from a ventral (
bottom) view. A predator chasing a metallic-coloured flying beetle may not recognize it as prey when it stops flying and becomes a dull, dark-coloured lump on a branch.
The white, legless larvae, which resemble tadpoles, are called flatheaded borers because of their shape. The head region is flattened and expanded sideways; the rest of the body is cylindrical and narrow.
Many metallic wood-boring beetle larvae carve out ribbon-shaped tunnels in wood. Chrysobothris attacks trees and shrubs and often seriously damages fruit trees. Some (e.g., Agrilus) cause the formation of a gall in which the larvae live. The small, flat Brachys tunnels through leaves.
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2010.
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coleopteran — /koh lee op teuhr euhn, kol ee /, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the order Coleoptera. n. 2. a beetle. [1840 50; COLEOPTER(A) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the insect order Coleoptera, consisting of the beetles and weevils … Universalium
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flatheaded borer — noun or flathead borer Etymology: so called from its much enlarged and flattened thorax : any of numerous beetle larvae of the family Buprestidae that bore beneath the bark or in the sapwood of trees * * * the larva of a metallic wood boring… … Useful english dictionary
flatheaded borer — the larva of a metallic wood boring beetle, having an expanded and flattened anterior end. Also called hammerhead. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
hymenopteran — /huy meuh nop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. hymenopterous. n. 2. Also, hymenopter. a hymenopterous insect. [1875 80; HYMENOPTER + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the third largest and perhaps the most beneficial to humans of all insect… … Universalium
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