The beetle that has an artificial green color.
This insect is really special for its cool color.
They live in middle Europe, places where sunshine hit them directly, that is the reason why they have this color to reflect the sunshine so they don't dehydrate so easily.
These beetles are uncommon, but their family can be found worldwide. There are a lot of different colors like red, blue, green, red and black, green and black, etc...
Their size is about 5cm and are really cute!
Not common on the markets.
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http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/oxysternon/Timeline
Oxysternon conspicillatum is not from Europe and never reaches 5cm.
ResponderEliminarIt's from South America adn is around 2cm.