Insects and Spiders - native

Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta) on Jul 24, 2025

Originally reported as Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)

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Description of specimen

Very shiny beetle

Commentary

Thank you for your report! This is not EAB. This is a native jewel beetle, the Golden Buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta). They are larger and less slender than EAB. They are not tree killers. Their grubs feed in dead conifers.

Tom Valente
July 25, 2025, 7:54 a.m.

Resources

Golden Buprestid Beetle information from iNaturalist

Location

At Poole Creek campground on a picnic table at space #46

Expert Reviewer

Tom Valente
Oregon Department of Agriculture

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