Golden Buprestid Beetle, a golden jewel!

Found this Golden Buprestid Beetle in the house this morning.  His family is named for " a golden jewel"  !  You see the connection to jewelry, thus making this an appropriate topic for a jewelry blog!! (tee hee).    Here is some information about her?  Interesting part, her larva can live 40yrs.!!  And she could be a conversation piece???  Anyway, I put her outside.

The female golden Buprestid beetle lays her eggs in the bark of fir and pine trees, usually in a scar or break in the bark of a live tree or a freshly cut log. The egg hatches into a white grub that feeds on the wood, chewing increasingly larger tunnels as it grows. The larva grows slowly, especially if the wood is dry as in lumber. There are records of larvae taking as long as 40 years to complete their life cycle and emerge from the wood as adults. So do not be surprised if these beetles show up in your house many years after it is built. Fortunately, the female beetle will not lay eggs on wood that is smooth and painted or varnished, so once the beetles emerge, just fill up the holes and keep the pretty beetle to show your friends as a conversation piece.