One of two Buprestidae family members I was fortunate to photograph this year. This guy was found at Bush Wildlife Conservation Area in St. Charles County, MO on 01/AUG/21.
Acmaeodera pulchella (Flat-headed Bald Cypress Sapwood Borer)
"What a thousand acres of Silphiums looked like when they tickled the bellies of the buffalo is a question never again to be answered, and perhaps not even asked." -Aldo Leopold
A Thousand Acres of Silphiums 