For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Jewel Beetle (Neojulodis vittipennis)

Family Buprestidae (Neojulodis vittipennis) Jewel Beetle

It is about 1 inch in length and rather cute looking. :)



2 comments:

willvanniekerk said...

Lovely pictures! Looks like Neojulodis sp, particularly N. vittipennis.

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

Thank you so much for this Willem. I am very grateful for the identification.