Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Figeater beetle

Cotinis mutabilis

Description:

Iridescent emerald shell.

Habitat:

Found cohabitating with a honeybee in the semi-open blossom of a magnolia tree in the Rose Garden at Balboa Park.

Notes:

These guys are just beautiful. Huge and loud, too! In the garden where I'm working this summer, I often mistake them for hummingbirds!

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

Pwnie
Spotted by
Pwnie

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Jul 30, 2011
Submitted on Aug 4, 2011

Related Spottings

Green June Beetle Fig Beetle? Green June Beetle Green June beetle

Nearby Spottings

Koala Spotting Indian Lotus Spotting

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team