Insects and Spiders - native

Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta) on Jun 24, 2026

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Green metallic in color but the main part was not red like seen on a local news report as the body was red.

Commentary

Avatar of commenter 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 ODF EAB webpage with some photos of other Oregon insects that could be mistaken for EAB

https://oregon-eab-geo.hub.arcgis.com/pages/identify

Thanks for being on the lookout!

Tom Valente
June 24, 2026, 8:22 a.m.

Resources

Golden Buprestid Beetle information from iNaturalist

Location

I am not sure if I saw one of those Ash bugs or not. But I found something in my pool last week in Lebanon Oregon. I saved it from drowning. I live at 796 W Grant Street, Lebanon OR 97355

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Tom Valente
Oregon Department of Agriculture

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