Report #4688 - Report: Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta)

Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta) on Aug 28, 2022

Originally reported as Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)

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Found bug on my shop last month. Thought it was pretty. Snapped pic. Then I saw report about what it potential is and that it should be reported.

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Thank you for your report! This is not EAB. It's a native member of the Metallic Wood-boring beetle family, the Golden Buprestid, Buprestis aurulenta. These beetles are larger and less slender than EAB. They are not tree killers. Their grubs live in dead conifers.

There are a number of iridescent green look-alike beetles in Oregon that are not pests. I am attaching a link to the ODA EAB webpage with some photos of other Oregon insects that could be mistaken for EAB

https://www.oregon.gov/oda/programs/IPPM/SurveyTreatment/Documents/EABLookAlikes.pdf

Thanks for being on the lookout!

Tom Valente
Aug. 29, 2022, 12:58 a.m.

Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta) on Aug 28, 2022

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