For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.
Showing posts with label Dicronorrhina derbyana. Show all posts
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Friday, January 8, 2010

Large Green Fruit Chafer (Dicronorrhina derbyana) Scarabaeidae

Going outside, this Fruit Chafer landed at my feet. Its colors are amazing.
It is about and inch in body length and when it opens its wings to fly, they are a dark blue, almost black.
The underside is almost as pretty as its top side.