Name: Chrysina gloriosa jewel beetle Male
SKU: bic0952b
Availability: OutOfStock

Description

This listing is for adult males of the glorious scarab beetle, Chrysina gloriosa. These are considered by many to be the most beautiful beetle in the US. Adults feed on juniper foliage/needles and will eat beetle jellies to some degree. This is not a long-lived species as adults but their beauty and deadstock appeal is worth the price of seeing them alive too! Fresh stock. (Sorry, retaining the few females I’m seeing so that I can offer you captive-bred larvae later.)

More photos at Bugguide.net where they simply and uniquely describe the identification of this beetle as “unmistakable.”

I̶f̶ y̶o̶u̶ b̶r̶e̶e̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶m̶, l̶a̶r̶v̶a̶e̶ c̶a̶n̶ b̶e̶ r̶a̶i̶s̶e̶d̶ o̶n̶ o̶a̶k̶ f̶l̶a̶k̶e̶ s̶o̶i̶l̶ a̶n̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶n̶ s̶u̶c̶c̶e̶s̶s̶f̶u̶l̶l̶y̶ p̶u̶p̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ w̶i̶t̶h̶o̶u̶t̶ c̶l̶a̶y̶, b̶u̶t̶ m̶o̶r̶e̶ a̶n̶d̶ m̶o̶r̶e̶ s̶u̶c̶c̶e̶s̶s̶f̶u̶l̶ k̶e̶e̶p̶e̶r̶s̶ a̶r̶e̶ u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ i̶t̶ t̶o̶ l̶i̶n̶e̶ t̶h̶e̶ b̶o̶t̶t̶o̶m̶ i̶n̶c̶h̶ o̶r̶ s̶o̶ o̶f̶ t̶h̶e̶ e̶n̶c̶l̶o̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ l̶a̶t̶e̶r̶ a̶s̶ t̶h̶e̶ l̶a̶r̶v̶a̶e̶ a̶p̶p̶r̶o̶a̶c̶h̶ m̶e̶t̶a̶m̶o̶r̶p̶h̶o̶s̶i̶s̶/p̶u̶p̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶. H̶e̶r̶e̶ i̶s̶ a̶n̶ A̶m̶a̶z̶o̶n̶ A̶f̶f̶i̶l̶i̶a̶t̶e̶ l̶i̶n̶k̶ (̶w̶e̶ g̶e̶t̶ a̶ s̶m̶a̶l̶l̶ c̶o̶m̶m̶i̶s̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ o̶n̶ y̶o̶u̶r̶ p̶u̶r̶c̶h̶a̶s̶e̶)̶ f̶o̶r̶ a̶ p̶r̶o̶d̶u̶c̶t̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ w̶e̶ u̶s̶e̶ a̶n̶d̶ r̶e̶c̶o̶m̶m̶e̶n̶d̶:̶ G̶e̶o̶r̶g̶i̶a̶ R̶e̶d̶ C̶l̶a̶y̶

: Georgia Red Clay