Insect Picture and Article

Above are picture of Cotinus texana, a metallic green fig beetle. Cotinus texana also known as Fig Eater or Fig Beetle because it is often found feeding on fig fruits during the warm summer months in southern California. Grouped in order Coleoptera, this beetle has greenish hue on its dorsal surface, and  bears a very smooth surface layer like that seem on some other cetoniines genera. The underside of this beetle is metallic green with 24 – 28 in length. This beetle is active daytime flier. In summer Cotinus texana can be seen moving at high speed.

Phanaeus imperator is the rainbow horned beetle from South America, grouped in order Coleoptera.  It is among the common pasture insects in the cattle-raising areas of Argentina. It is beautiful beetle.  Its pronotum shining yellow gold with green reflections becoming stronger and often infused with copper laterally and posteriorly; elytra strikingly bicolored, bases dark bluish green to emerald green, sides and apices yellow gold to coppery gold infused with green.  Phanaeus imperator has long, posteriorly curving cephalic “horn” on the clypeus.

Above are the pictures of Chaetodera regalis, the royal tiger beetle from shouth Africa. The habitat of Chaetodera regalis is on open sandy areas, especially near water, in subtropical forest and savanna. Head and pronotum of Chaetodera regalis is copper coloured, with  widely spaced white hairs. The elytra is yellow, boldly patterned with black.  This beetle mostly active at midday.