Insects and Spiders - native

Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta) on Aug 5, 2025

Originally reported as A metallic wood-boring beetle (Agrilus cyanescens)

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Description of specimen

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Commentary

Thank you for your report! This is a metallic wood-boring beetle, but it's Buprestis aurulenta, the "Golden Buprestid". This is a common native beetle that is not a pest. Their grubs live in dead conifers.

Tom Valente
Aug. 6, 2025, 1:17 a.m.

Resources

Golden Buprestid Beetle information from iNaturalist

Location

My backyard in Turner OR. Yard has many large Douglas firs, maples and oaks.

Expert Reviewer

Tom Valente
Oregon Department of Agriculture

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