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Image #:	DSC_0102-20001
Species:	chrysochroa purpureiventris
Location:	Selangor, Malaysia
Description:	The iridescent metallic colors of a Jewel Beetle. They are usually found in dead or dying trees and branches thus its other name, Wood-boring Beetle. These exotic insects are often targets of poachers and collectors.
Keywords:	beetles \| insects \| jewel \| wood-boring \| iridescent \| buprestidae \| arthropods \| coloeptera \|