Comments on: Jewel Beetle from India: genus Sternocera http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/11/unknown-jewel-beetle-from-india/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kp http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/11/unknown-jewel-beetle-from-india/comment-page-1/#comment-25538 kp Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:29:46 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=21399#comment-25538 Back in the 60's in India we used to gently capture this 'gold bee' as we called it back then, and have it sit on our hands. It is surprisingly docile and does not try to escape. All you got to do is to pat it on its hard brown wing case, and it would settle down nicely for next 10 minutes of so. We would let it fly off after an hour or so. It is simply beautiful! Back in the 60′s in India we used to gently capture this ‘gold bee’ as we called it back then, and have it sit on our hands. It is surprisingly docile and does not try to escape. All you got to do is to pat it on its hard brown wing case, and it would settle down nicely for next 10 minutes of so. We would let it fly off after an hour or so. It is simply beautiful!

]]> By: kkroeker http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/11/unknown-jewel-beetle-from-india/comment-page-1/#comment-17533 kkroeker Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:11:17 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=21399#comment-17533 Hi Hari Iyer: This looks like a Jewel Beetle (Buprestidae) in the genus Sternocera. There are at least four species in India that look very similar to the one in your photo (S. chrysis, S. basalis, S. orientalis and marseuli), and there may be more. For comparison you can check out: http://web.romascuola.net/bups/sterasia.htm or http://pagesperso-orange.fr/virtual-beetles/busterasie.html. Regards. K Hi Hari Iyer:

This looks like a Jewel Beetle (Buprestidae) in the genus Sternocera. There are at least four species in India that look very similar to the one in your photo (S. chrysis, S. basalis, S. orientalis and marseuli), and there may be more. For comparison you can check out: http://web.romascuola.net/bups/sterasia.htm or http://pagesperso-orange.fr/virtual-beetles/busterasie.html. Regards. K

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