green beetle
Could you help me with this one?
Imma
Imma,
We believe this is a Green Fruit Beetle, also known as a Figeater, but we cannot be certain that your photo was taken in the American Southwest. If it was taken in Bali, it is some other green scarab.
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I recently moved to Orange County, CA from the midwest and your pictures and description of this beetle was perfect! A rather large one flew into my garage today, and I thought it was the largest bee alive by the way it was flying, until the sun caught it and I saw the green/iridescent coloring. My son was able to direct it out of the garage with a broom easily, as it awkwardly flew around. A small humming bird had been by the garage door as this beetle entered and their wing spans were almost equal at a glance. This was the largest scarab shaped beetle I have ever seen, but not knowing what exactly it was there was no way I was batting it down for a measurement!
Thank you for a species name and more specific information so I know more about this native “bug” than I did before! =)
Christina
I was told it was a Japanese Beetle decades ago. I’m glad to finally see what it REALLY is and what a Japanese Beetle is! Thanks so much!
A few days ago some jerk said it was a Blue Tail Fly. It seems there’s not much info out there on Blue Tail Flies, and most images have photos of blue dragonflies. Wrong! All I could find on Blue Tail Flies was that they are a Horse Fly, but I can’t find any images. Anyone out there have a good photo of a Blue Tail Fly?
They are actually swarming my fig tree. I won’t have any fruit left Glad to know they are harmless as I was afraid due to the number of them
Looks like s Hitchcock movie here in Cottonwood AZ!
It’s a different climate and a few large hilly separations between West Los Angeles and Pasadena, so I guess that’s the reason.
Thanks for your reply.