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Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa This beetle has silver stripes on its elytra and gold-green legs!<br /> <br /> *Pinned specimen; native to the American southwest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148477/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html" title="Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/148477_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=PRNb4hGJw7ahyXX%2B%2FU4snn6i%2FII%3D" width="120" height="152" alt="Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa This beetle has silver stripes on its elytra and gold-green legs!<br /> <br /> *Pinned specimen; native to the American southwest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148477/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148480/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148478/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html Chrysina gloriosa,Glorious Scarab" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148480/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html" title="Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/148480_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=YNDd%2BgjAw6ibxw4wy0Wd3jnwMpI%3D" width="116" height="152" alt="Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa This beetle has silver stripes on its elytra and gold-green legs!<br /> <br /> *Pinned specimen; native to the American southwest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148477/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148480/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148478/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html Chrysina,Chrysina gloriosa,Glorious Scarab,beetle,scarab" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148478/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html" title="Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/148478_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=W8fR1pu3QoENG25EICJOwpRE2gg%3D" width="128" height="152" alt="Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa This beetle has silver stripes on its elytra and gold-green legs!<br /> <br /> *Pinned specimen; native to the American southwest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148477/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148480/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148478/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html Chrysina gloriosa,Glorious Scarab" /></a></figure> Chrysina gloriosa,Glorious Scarab Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa

This beetle has silver stripes on its elytra and gold-green legs!

*Pinned specimen; native to the American southwest

Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa This beetle has silver stripes on its elytra and gold-green legs!<br /> <br /> *Pinned specimen; native to the American southwest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148477/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148480/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148478/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html Chrysina gloriosa,Glorious Scarab

Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa This beetle has silver stripes on its elytra and gold-green legs!<br /> <br /> *Pinned specimen; native to the American southwest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148477/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148480/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148478/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html Chrysina,Chrysina gloriosa,Glorious Scarab,beetle,scarab

Glorious Scarab - Chrysina gloriosa This beetle has silver stripes on its elytra and gold-green legs!<br /> <br /> *Pinned specimen; native to the American southwest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148477/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148480/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/148478/glorious_scarab_-_chrysina_gloriosa.html Chrysina gloriosa,Glorious Scarab

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The Glorious Scarab

''Chrysina gloriosa'' is a species of scarab whose common names are glorious beetle and glorious scarab. The adults are 25 to 28 millimetres long and are bright green with silver stripes on the elytra. These iridescent stripes on the cuticle of the elytra are a result of cholesteric liquid crystal organization of chitin molecules. The differences in color are a result of the microscopic structure of each section, with green reflected from cusp-like structures and silver reflected from flat layers.. more

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Uploaded Apr 17, 2023. Captured Apr 17, 2023 14:27.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/13.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm