Brown-and-yellow Fruit Chafer vs Brazilian Arboreal Tiger Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Brown-and-yellow Fruit Chafer Brazilian Arboreal Tiger Beetle
Scientific Name Pachnoda marginata Oxycheila tristis
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Scarabaeidae Cicindelidae
Size 20-28 mm 18-25 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Sap Feeders Wood Feeders
Regions West Africa, Central Africa Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Brown-and-yellow Fruit Chafer

A colorful chafer beetle with bright yellow margins on dark brown elytra. It is commonly kept in captivity and bred as a feeder insect.

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Did You Know?

Their larvae are widely used as food for pet reptiles and are easy to breed in captivity.

Brazilian Arboreal Tiger Beetle

A large, dark brown tiger beetle found in the forests of South America. Unlike most tiger beetles it is partly arboreal, climbing on tree trunks at night.

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Did You Know?

It is one of the few tiger beetle species that hunts vertically on tree trunks rather than on the ground.