A picture of a small beetle belonging to the genus /Chrysobothris/ on a hand. Its elytra are open as it prepares to take flight, exposing its metallic green backside

My beloved study organism (Chrysobothris spp.) from when I was working on my M.S. 🪲🪲
I will be a beetle enthusiast forever
#entomology #entomologist #coleoptera #beetle #buprestid #buprestidae #chrysobothris

This beautiful #chalcid #wasp Acanthochalcis nigricans is a parasitoid of #buprestid #beetles that infest #oaks in the southern USA. The female (top) and male (bottom) were collected by Danae Frier in Arizona. Notice the change in scale to accommodate the long ovipositor of the female specimen.