Strange insect - Jewel Beetle (Burpestidae family)

Thanks to Kedar Champhekar for informing us that this is a Jewel Beetle (Burpestidae family). Viewer HK Kaidin tells us that this is a Sternocera crysis. Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,000 species known in 450 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described. The larger and more spectacularly colored jewel beetles are highly prized by insect collectors. The elytra of some Buprestidae species have been traditionally used in beetle wing jewellery and decoration in certain countries in Asia, like India, Thailand and Japan. Source - Wikipedia This unique insect has cockroach like fore wings and buzzes into a really fast flight like our common housefly. It has big compound eyes with two antennae and a green upper body like an alien. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000 hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at , India’s first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at rupindang@ and admin@