Buprestidae
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Family: Buprestidae
Group: Terrestrial Invertebrate, Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Melanophila acuminata | Black Fire Beetle | Apparently three scattered in space and time reports from Juneau (1954), Sitka (2013), and Fox Point (<1900 - Harriman Expedition). Seems to mostly associated with forest fires for reproduction, so occurrence in the region may be due to vagrancy? |