Bug FAQBeyer's Jewel Scarab
Chrysina beyeri · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Scarabaeidae
Also called: Beyer's Scarab
Chrysina beyeri is a bright-green beetle that lives in Chihuahua, Mexico, and southeastern Arizona, USA. It can be told apart from the similar C. woodi because its legs and tarsi are blue-purple, while C. woodi has green legs and blue tarsi.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The beetle’s legs and tarsi are blue-purple, unlike the similar C. woodi which has green legs and blue tarsi.
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Where it lives
It is found in the desert-mountain regions of Chihuahua and southeastern Arizona.
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Where it comes from
Chrysina beyeri is native to Chihuahua in Mexico and to southeastern Arizona in the United States.
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Lookalikes
It resembles Chrysina woodi in size and overall shape, but can be distinguished by the color of its legs and tarsi.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 4 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Months it is reported in the US
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Same family (Scarabaeidae)
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysina_beyeri
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