Friday, August 04, 2006

Buperstidae

This is the oldest stone beetle been ever made and found, this one is kept at Cairo museum .It dates back to the predynastic end or the early archaic Egypt which is around 3500 B.C. The beetle represents the species of iridescent metallic Buperstidae which ancient Egyptians had admired its fantastic colours and its metamorphosis.








T.opulenta,Buperstidae . An original specimen collected by Hopping ca. 1906.
Photo: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
Copyrig © 2006.

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