Glorious Scarab Beetle Chrysina Gloriosa Patagonia Mountвђ States territories shown above are a general indicator of areas inhabited by the glorious scarab beetle. insects generally go where they please, typically driven by diet, environmental changes, and or mating habits. characteristics, scientific name, classification, taxonomy, territorial claims, and pictures of the glorious scarab beetle. Chrysina gloriosa. glorious scarab. unmistakable larvae are abundant in decaying sycamore (platanus wrightii) logs in southeastern arizona. (1) pure red forms are rare. dave marqua reports (pers. comm. to maq, 2011) only getting about one per yr at his lights in the davis mtns of west texas.
Glorious Scarab Chrysina Gloriosa Cave Creek Ranch Portвђ Flickr The glorious beetle! the glorious scarab beetle is called by two scientific names: plusiotis gloriosa and chrysina gloriosa. both names signify similar things: “plusiotis” is greek for wealthy, while “chrysina” is greek for gold. this scarab is deserving of these rich names for its body resembles something of value. Chrysina gloriosa is a species of scarab whose common names are glorious beetle and glorious scarab. it is found only in southern united states (southeastern arizona, southern new mexico and southwestern texas) and northern mexico (chihuahua and sonora). [1][2] the adult beetles, which are active both day and night and primarily seen from june. Thanks for a very nice addition to our scarab pages. by the way, if you know the name of your insect you can post it directly to the right place in the guide. in this case, we don't have a plusiotis page (i am going to create one right now, and will move your pictures to it), but you can still post to the general scarab images. Oregon state university monograph series no. 4: 1 219. young, f.n. 1957. notes on the habits of plusiotis gloriosa leconte (scarabaeidae). the coleopterists bulletin, 11 (3 4): 67 70. 22 dec 2005 mike quinn [email protected] texas entomology texas beetle information.
Glorious Beetle Aka Glorious Scarab Chrysina Gloriosa Davвђ F Thanks for a very nice addition to our scarab pages. by the way, if you know the name of your insect you can post it directly to the right place in the guide. in this case, we don't have a plusiotis page (i am going to create one right now, and will move your pictures to it), but you can still post to the general scarab images. Oregon state university monograph series no. 4: 1 219. young, f.n. 1957. notes on the habits of plusiotis gloriosa leconte (scarabaeidae). the coleopterists bulletin, 11 (3 4): 67 70. 22 dec 2005 mike quinn [email protected] texas entomology texas beetle information. Species chrysina gloriosa glorious scarab the information below is based on images submitted and identified by contributors. range and date information may be incomplete, overinclusive, or just plain wrong. ''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.
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