Green Beetles
Green-coloured species from the beetle order
200 species in this collection
African Firefly
Luciola africana
A Sub-Saharan African firefly with a dark brown body and pale pronotal margins. It is one of the few well-documented fir...
African Jewel Beetle
Sternocera orissa
A large metallic green and gold jewel beetle with textured elytra. Adults are found on acacia and other savanna trees....
African Leaf Beetle
Polyclada bohemani
A medium-sized, brightly metallic leaf beetle with iridescent green, blue, and copper hues. It feeds openly on foliage, ...
African Striped Flower Beetle
Stephanorrhina guttata
A medium-sized flower beetle with dark green elytra covered in cream-colored spots and stripes. It is commonly found at ...
Agonum Marsh Ground Beetle
Agonum marginatum
A medium-sized metallic green ground beetle with pale-margined elytra found exclusively in wetland habitats. It runs rap...
Alpine Carabus
Carabus alpestris
A metallic green or bronze ground beetle of high alpine meadows. It is a nocturnal predator of slugs and soft-bodied inv...
Alpine Tiger Beetle
Cicindela gallica
A fast-running predatory beetle of dry alpine grasslands and rocky paths. Its greenish-bronze coloration provides camouf...
Amazonian Scarab
Phanaeus chalcomelas
A strikingly colorful dung beetle with metallic green, copper, and blue hues. Males have a prominent curved horn on the ...
Amazonian Stag Beetle
Sphaenognathus feisthameli
A striking metallic green stag beetle from South American cloud forests. Males have elongated mandibles with tooth-like ...
Andean Cerambycid Beetle
Psalidognathus friendii
A large and impressive longhorn beetle from the high Andes, with a brilliant metallic green, blue, or copper exoskeleton...
Annulated Longhorn
Chloridolum annulare
A slender metallic green longhorn with distinctive dark rings on the antennae, giving it its common name. Found in subtr...
Asian Giant Rove Beetle
Platydracus sharpi
A large, striking rove beetle from East Asia with metallic blue-green coloration and golden pubescence. It is one of the...
Australian Diving Beetle
Cybister godeffroyi
A large olive-green diving beetle found in freshwater habitats across Australia. It is one of the most commonly encounte...
Bamboo Longhorn
Chloridolum alcmene
A vivid metallic green longhorn beetle with a slender body and long antennae. It breeds exclusively in bamboo stems....
Banded Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa buqueti
A large, spectacularly iridescent beetle with red, green, and blue metallic bands. It is native to the tropical forests ...
Berger's Flat-face
Anoplophora beryllina
A stunning metallic blue-green longhorn found in the subtropical forests of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in China. Its v...
Blue Flea Beetle
Altica lythri
A small metallic blue-green flea beetle that feeds on willowherb and evening primrose. Has enlarged hind femora enabling...
Blue Margined Ground Beetle
Chlaenius impunctifrons
A brilliantly colored ground beetle with bright metallic blue-green elytra and a velvety texture from fine pubescence. I...
Blue Mountains Firefly
Atyphella flammulans
An Australian firefly found in cool temperate rainforests, producing a steady greenish glow. It has a dark body and is m...
Blue Willow Beetle
Phratora vulgatissima
A small, metallic dark blue to blue-green beetle commonly found on willow trees. It can cause significant defoliation in...
Blue-winged Rove Beetle
Platydracus chalcocephalus
A handsome rove beetle with a metallic blue-green head and pronotum contrasting with brown elytra. It is found in wooded...
Bornean Peacock Beetle
Lamprosoma bicolor
A small, dome-shaped leaf beetle with spectacular iridescent elytra that shift from purple to green to gold. The body is...
Bornean Thick-legged Flower Beetle
Cheirotonus battareli
A large, striking flower beetle with metallic green elytra and enormously thickened front legs in males. The oversized f...
Borneo Pulsing Firefly
Pteroptyx tener
A synchronous firefly of Southeast Asian mangroves that produces green flashes in unison with thousands of others. Massi...
Borneo Three-horned Beetle
Chalcosoma caucasus
Among the longest beetles in Asia, with three powerful horns and a metallic green-black sheen. Males engage in fierce co...
Botany Bay Diamond Weevil
Chrysolopus spectabilis
A large weevil covered in brilliant pale green scales with black diamond-shaped patches. It was one of the first Austral...
Brassy Willow Beetle
Phratora vitellinae
A small, shiny metallic bronze to greenish beetle that feeds on willow and poplar. Adults overwinter in leaf litter and ...
Brazilian Jewel Scarab
Chrysina cupreomarginata
A dazzling scarab beetle with a brilliant golden-green metallic sheen. Its compact oval body reflects light like polishe...
Brazilian Railroad Worm
Phrixothrix viviani
A tropical glowworm beetle with the remarkable ability to produce both green lateral lights and a red cephalic light. Th...
Bright Green Canthon
Canthon virens
A small, vivid metallic green roller dung beetle found in Brazil and neighboring countries. Its bright coloring is unusu...
Broad-shouldered Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela tremula
A robust, convex beetle with dark metallic greenish-black to bronze elytra and irregular rows of punctures. It is closel...
Bronze Flea Beetle
Altica ambiens
A metallic bronze to greenish flea beetle with prominent hind leg development. It feeds on alder leaves in wetland habit...
Brown Leaf Weevil
Phyllobius oblongus
A brown-scaled weevil commonly found on hawthorn and other hedgerow shrubs. Less colorful than its green relatives but v...
Canary Islands Tiger Beetle
Cicindela lunulata
A fast-running predatory beetle found on the Canary Islands with metallic green coloring. It hunts on open sandy and vol...
Carabus olympiae
Carabus olympiae
A brilliantly colored ground beetle found only in a tiny area of the Italian Alps. Its metallic purple and green elytra ...
Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle
Tetracha carolina
A large nocturnal tiger beetle with dark metallic green elytra and a bright green thorax. It is most active on warm summ...
Case-bearing Leaf Beetle
Cryptocephalus sericeus
A brilliant metallic green to golden beetle with a cylindrical body shape typical of case-bearing chrysomelids. Adults a...
Caucasus Beetle
Chalcosoma chiron
A massive three-horned rhinoceros beetle with a metallic greenish-black body. It is the largest of the Chalcosoma genus ...
Central American Glowworm Beetle
Phengodes hidalgoensis
A Mexican glowworm beetle with males possessing large feathery antennae and short elytra. The larviform females produce ...
Chilean Stag Beetle
Chiasognathus granti
A spectacular stag beetle with extremely long curved mandibles and metallic green coloration. Found in southern beech fo...
Chinese Golden Ground Beetle
Carabus elysii
A stunning Chinese ground beetle with brilliant golden-green elytra and deep blue pronotum. It is found in the forested ...
Chinese Rhagophthalmid Glowworm
Rhagophthalmus lufengensis
A bioluminescent beetle from southern China with larviform females that emit a steady greenish glow from ventral light o...
Cliff Tiger Beetle
Cicindela germanica
A small, dark green tiger beetle with faint pale markings found on exposed clay and chalk slopes. It has declined severe...
Cobalt Milkweed Beetle
Chrysochus cobaltinus auratus
A subspecies of the cobalt blue milkweed beetle with slightly more golden-green coloring....
Common Agonum
Agonum muelleri
A sleek, metallic greenish-bronze ground beetle with a smooth, oval body. It is one of the most common ground beetles in...
Common Aleocharine
Atheta coriaria
A tiny, dark brown aleocharine rove beetle now commercially sold as a biological control agent. It is an aggressive pred...
Common Anchomenus
Anchomenus dorsalis
A small, elegant ground beetle with metallic green elytra, a reddish-brown head, and pale legs. It is one of the most ef...
Common False Blister Beetle
Oedemera lurida
A small olive-green or brownish beetle found commonly on flowers across Europe. Unlike the related O. nobilis, both sexe...
Common Pollen Beetle
Brassicogethes aeneus
A tiny iridescent green-black beetle that congregates in yellow flowers to feed on pollen. It is a major pest of oilseed...
Common Sun Beetle
Elaphrus cupreus
A small, brilliantly metallic copper-green beetle with distinctive eye-like pits on its elytra. It runs rapidly on wet m...
Congo Jewel Beetle
Sternocera castanea
A large, brilliantly metallic jewel beetle with copper and green iridescent elytra. Adults are found on trees where they...
Coppery Chlaenius
Chlaenius cumatilis
A medium-sized ground beetle with brilliant metallic blue-green coloring and fine pubescence covering its elytra. It is ...
Costa Rican Firefly
Aspisoma ignitum
A neotropical firefly with a dark body and reddish pronotum bearing a median dark stripe. It produces a bright yellow-gr...
Creek Pacer Ground Beetle
Chlaenius tricolor
A handsome ground beetle with bright metallic green elytra, a bluish pronotum, and reddish-brown legs. It is commonly fo...
Cuban Green June Beetle
Cotinis mutabilis
A large metallic green scarab beetle found in Cuba and the Caribbean. It is a clumsy but powerful flier attracted to rip...
Dahlia Longhorn
Agapanthia dahli
A medium-sized longhorn with dense olive-green pubescence and a prominent yellow dorsal stripe on the pronotum. It is wi...
Delta Green Ground Beetle
Elaphrus viridis
A small metallic green ground beetle found only near vernal pools in Solano County, California. It is threatened by urba...
Desert Tiger Beetle
Cicindela hemorrhagica
A bright red and green tiger beetle that hunts along the edges of desert streams and alkaline flats. It is an extremely ...
Dimple-back Ground Beetle
Elaphrus riparius
A small, fast-running beetle with distinctive cup-shaped depressions on its elytra that create a dimpled appearance. It ...
Diving Beetle
Dytiscus marginalis
A large, streamlined aquatic beetle with an olive-green body bordered in yellow. It carries an air bubble under its elyt...
Dogbane Beetle
Chrysochus auratus
An iridescent beetle displaying blue, green, copper, and crimson colors. It feeds on toxic dogbane plants and sequesters...
Dung Beetle (Rainbow)
Phanaeus vindex
One of the most beautiful dung beetles with iridescent metallic copper, green, and blue coloring. Males have a prominent...
Eastern Hercules Beetle
Dynastes tityus
The largest beetle in North America, with males bearing a large pronotal horn. Elytra are greenish-yellow with dark mott...
Eastern Hercules Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina polyphemus
A large African flower beetle with variable coloration from green to brown. Males have a short forked horn on the head....
Elm Leaf Beetle
Xanthogaleruca luteola
A yellowish-green beetle with dark stripes along its elytra. Both adults and larvae feed on elm leaves, sometimes causin...
Emerald Fruit Chafer
Dicronorrhina derbyana
A large and spectacular flower beetle from East Africa with vivid green elytra. It is popular among collectors for its s...
Emerald Long-Horned Beetle
Callichroma velutinum
A beautiful velvety green longhorn beetle found in tropical African forests. It has a downy texture unlike the glossy fi...
European Glowworm
Lampyris noctiluca
A well-known European firefly where only the wingless female produces a steady green glow. Males are winged but produce ...
European Large Firefly
Lamprohiza splendidula
A central European firefly whose males produce a continuous greenish glow while flying. Its predatory larvae spend up to...
Euthalia Flower Beetle
Eudicella euthalia
A beautifully iridescent flower beetle with emerald green elytra and yellow-orange head markings. It frequents forest cl...
Festive Tiger Beetle
Cicindela scutellaris
A small brilliantly colored tiger beetle varying from deep purple to bright green depending on the subspecies. It runs a...
Fiddler Beetle
Eupoecila australasiae
A distinctive scarab beetle with green and yellow violin-shaped markings on its back. It is commonly found in gardens ac...
Flamboyant Flower Beetle
Eudicella gralli
A vividly green flower beetle with yellow or red stripes on its elytra. Males have a small forked horn on the head....
Flea Beetle
Altica oleracea
Tiny jumping beetles with enlarged hind femora for leaping. Named for their flea-like jumping ability. Many species are ...
Forest Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma sycophanta
A large, brilliant metallic green and gold ground beetle that climbs trees to hunt caterpillars. It was introduced to No...
Four-ribbed Jewel Beetle
Polybothris quadricollis
A moderately sized jewel beetle with four distinct ridges on the pronotum, which gives it its name. The elytra shimmer w...
Frog-legged Leaf Beetle
Sagra femorata
A large, metallic beetle with spectacular iridescent coloring ranging from deep blue to green, red, and purple. Males po...
Giant Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina torquata
One of the largest flower beetles in Africa, with males reaching impressive sizes. They display vivid green and yellow c...
Giant Gymnopleurus
Gymnopleurus virens
A medium-sized roller dung beetle with a coppery-green sheen and a nearly spherical body shape. It is a rapid roller, mo...
Giant Swamp Leaf Beetle
Donacia provostii
One of the larger species of reed beetle, with a metallic golden-green to coppery body and distinctive long antennae. Ad...
Giant Tropical Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius porcatus
A spectacular large click beetle covered in iridescent green or blue-green scales with deeply grooved elytra. It is one ...
Gilded Roller
Kheper aegyptiorum
A large, metallic dark green to copper roller dung beetle found across African savannas. Males compete fiercely for poss...
Glorious Beetle
Chrysina gloriosa
A spectacular scarab beetle with brilliant metallic green body and silver stripes on the elytra. It is found in juniper ...
Glowworm Beetle
Phengodes plumosa
A soft-bodied beetle whose larviform females glow with paired green lanterns along their body. Males are winged but do n...
Golden Buprestid
Sternocera aequisignata
A large, robust jewel beetle with brilliant metallic green and gold elytra adorned with darker punctate depressions. It ...
Golden Click Beetle
Selatosomus aeneus
A metallic green or bronze click beetle with a bright coppery sheen on the elytra and pronotum. It is common in European...
Golden Ground Beetle
Carabus auratus
A large, brilliant metallic green or golden ground beetle with ridged elytra. It is a voracious predator of slugs and ca...
Golden Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulminans
A brilliantly iridescent beetle with metallic green and gold coloring. The structural coloration of its elytra has inspi...
Golden Net Ground Beetle
Carabus auratus festivus
A subspecies of the golden ground beetle with particularly vivid metallic green and gold coloring and prominent elytral ...
Golden Reed Beetle
Donacia vulgaris
A slender, metallic beetle with golden to coppery-green coloration and elongated antennae. It is commonly found resting ...
Golden Stag Beetle
Lamprima aurata
A compact metallic golden-green stag beetle from Australia. Males have broad flattened mandibles used for combat....
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn
Agapanthia villosoviridescens
A longhorn beetle covered in golden-green hairs found in European meadows. Larvae develop inside the stems of thistles a...
Green Castiarina Jewel Beetle
Castiarina viridissima
A brilliant emerald-green jewel beetle found in Australian heathlands and forests. Adults are avid flower visitors and a...
Green Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus prasinus
A metallic green scarab beetle found in eucalypt woodlands of eastern Australia. Adults emerge in large numbers during t...
Green Dock Beetle
Gastrophysa viridula
A small, brilliant metallic green beetle that feeds on dock and sorrel plants. Gravid females have enormously swollen ab...
Green Grooved Dung Beetle
Phanaeus difformis
A metallic green and copper tunneling dung beetle with a prominent male horn that is slightly offset to one side. The pr...
Green Grooved Longhorn
Prosopocera lactator
A pale green longhorn beetle with long, elegantly banded antennae. It is found on fig and other broadleaf trees in Afric...
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Polydrusus formosus
A small, brilliant metallic green beetle covered in tiny iridescent scales that produce its striking coloration. It is n...
Green June Beetle
Cotinis nitida
A large velvety green beetle with bronze margins that buzzes loudly in flight. It feeds on ripe fruit and is attracted t...
Green Lacewing Firefly
Photinus scintillans
A small firefly with a bright green flash and a dark body with yellowish pronotal borders. Males produce a brief twinkli...
Green Longhorn Beetle
Chlorobapta frontalis
A bright metallic green longhorn beetle found visiting flowers in spring. Its vivid coloring makes it one of the most at...
Green Mangrove Tiger Beetle
Myriochila mastersi
A metallic green tiger beetle that inhabits mangrove mud flats and tidal zones along the northern Australian coast. It i...
Green Metallic Tunneler
Onitis alexis
A medium-sized tunneling dung beetle with a metallic green pronotum and dark brown elytra. Males have an enlarged protho...
Green Nettle Weevil
Phyllobius pomaceus
A bright metallic green weevil covered in iridescent scales, commonly found on nettles. The green scales wear off with a...
Green Protea Beetle
Smaragdesthes oertzeni
A small but brilliantly metallic green beetle found in Central African forests. It is a frequent visitor to flowering tr...
Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela campestris
A fast-running, metallic green beetle with cream-colored spots. It is a fierce predator that chases down prey on bare gr...
Green Tiger Longhorn
Chelidonium argentatum
A medium-sized Neotropical cerambycid with silvery-green pubescent patches on a dark body, found in the Atlantic Forest ...
Green Tortoise Beetle
Cassida viridis
A broadly oval, flattened beetle that is bright green in life, with transparent margins around the pronotum and elytra. ...
Green-and-gold Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus viridiaeneus
A striking iridescent beetle with green and gold metallic sheen on its elytra. It is one of the most colorful of all Aus...
Headlight Click Beetle
Ignelater havaniensis
A medium-sized bioluminescent click beetle from Cuba with bright greenish pronotal lights. It belongs to a genus of lumi...
Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules
One of the largest beetles in the world. Males sport enormous horns used in combat for mates. The elytra can change colo...
Hercules Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina harrisi
A large cetoniine beetle with dark greenish-black coloration and yellow markings on the pronotum. Males possess a forked...
Hildebrand's Jewel Beetle
Sternocera hildebrandti
A large, robust jewel beetle with a deep metallic green body covered in fine punctures. It emerges in large numbers afte...
Igneus Rainbow Scarab
Phanaeus igneus
A brilliantly metallic green, blue, and red tunneling dung beetle of the southeastern United States. Males have a long, ...
Indian Common Firefly
Luciola gorhami
A widespread firefly across the Indian subcontinent, common in rural areas and villages. It produces rapid greenish flas...
Indian Moon Beetle
Dicranocephalus wallichii
A spectacular stag beetle relative with males bearing two long, curved, crescent-shaped horns on the head. The body is r...
Indian Rose Chafer
Oxycetonia versicolor
A compact, shiny beetle with variable coloring ranging from metallic green to dark bronze. Adults are frequently found n...
Indian Tiger Beetle
Cicindela aurulenta
A brilliantly metallic green tiger beetle with coppery-red margins on the elytra. It is an agile predator that runs swif...
Iris Flea Beetle
Aphthona nonstriata
A small blue-green flea beetle associated with yellow iris in wetland habitats. Larvae feed on iris roots underwater. A ...
Jamaican Click Beetle
Pyrophorus noctilucus
The brightest bioluminescent insect known. Indigenous peoples used them as temporary lanterns by placing several in a ja...
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
An iridescent green and copper beetle that skeletonizes leaves of over 300 plant species. Larvae are white grubs that da...
Japanese Click Beetle
Campsosternus gemma
A spectacular metallic green and gold click beetle found in East Asian forests. It is one of the most brilliantly colour...
Japanese Rose Chafer
Cetonia pilifera
A metallic green flower beetle common in Japan, known as 'shirosujikogane.' Found on flowers and tree sap during summer ...
Japanese Tiger Beetle
Cicindela japonica
A common and widespread tiger beetle across Japan with variable coloring from green to coppery brown. It frequents sunny...
Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulgidissima
Prized for its iridescent metallic green and red-gold elytra. Used in traditional Japanese art called Tamamushi. The col...
Jewel Beetle of Cyprus
Julodis ehrenbergii
A large, robust jewel beetle with textured, dark bronze-green elytra dotted with golden pits. It is one of the largest b...
Jewel Frog Beetle
Sagra longicollis
A spectacular metallic beetle with colors ranging from deep red to purple and green. Males have greatly enlarged hind fe...
Jewel Ground Beetle
Carabus auronitens
A strikingly beautiful ground beetle with bright gold and green metallic coloring. It inhabits mountain forests across c...
Jewel Longhorn Beetle
Sternotomis bohemani
A strikingly patterned longhorn beetle with green and black markings....
Kenyan Montane Tiger Beetle
Lophyra flexuosa
A colorful tiger beetle found across eastern and southern Africa. It displays green, copper, and cream markings on its e...
Knotgrass Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina hyperici
A rounded, metallic bronze to coppery-green beetle that was introduced to control St. John's wort. It has a smooth, conv...
Korean Click Beetle
Campsosternus auratus
A large metallic green click beetle with a coppery sheen found across East Asia. It can propel itself several inches int...
Korean Ground Beetle
Carabus jankowskii
A large, ornate ground beetle found in the forests of the Korean Peninsula and adjacent regions. Its elytra show vivid g...
Kudzu Bug
Megacopta cribraria
A small, olive-green, globular beetle that feeds on kudzu and soybeans. It was first detected in North America in 2009....
Lamarcks Sacred Scarab
Kheper lamarcki
A large glossy black dung beetle with subtle purple and green iridescence. It constructs large brood balls from elephant...
Lameere's Longhorn
Chloridolum lameerei
A rare metallic blue-green cerambycid described from the forests of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is known from very f...
Large Gold Chafer
Protaetia aeruginosa
A large, spectacular metallic golden-green beetle associated with ancient forests. Its larvae develop in hollows of old ...
Lebia Greenhead
Lebia viridis
A small, brightly colored ground beetle with a metallic green head and pronotum and reddish-brown elytra. Its larvae are...
Lord Howe Island Beetle
Anoplognathus macleayi
A scarab beetle endemic to Lord Howe Island with metallic green coloring. It has suffered severe decline due to introduc...
Madagascan Jewel Beetle
Polybothris sumptuosa
A metallic green jewel beetle endemic to Madagascar with a brilliant iridescent sheen. It is commonly collected for jewe...
Madagascar Tortoise Beetle
Aspidimorpha furcata
A rounded, dome-shaped beetle with transparent margins around the elytra that make it look like a tiny tortoise shell. T...
Malagasy Firefly
Luciola madagascariensis
A soft-bodied beetle with a yellowish pronotum and dark elytra, producing a steady green bioluminescent glow from its ab...
Malagasy Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela madagascariensis
A small, rounded beetle with a brilliant metallic green to golden body. It feeds on foliage and can be found in aggregat...
Malagasy Tiger Beetle
Pogonostoma elegans
A brilliantly colored tiger beetle endemic to Madagascar with metallic green, blue, or purple elytra. It is a fast, agil...
Malaysian Giant Tiger Beetle
Thopeutica virginea
A striking metallic blue-green tiger beetle found in Southeast Asian rainforests. It hunts on forest floor leaf litter a...
Malaysian Jewel Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina coerulescens
A brilliantly metallic blue to blue-green beetle with a smooth, highly reflective surface. It is found on aromatic plant...
Marshalli Flower Beetle
Smaragdesthes africana
A small brilliant green flower chafer commonly found on flowers in open woodland. It is an important pollinator of savan...
Mauritius Blue Pigeon Beetle
Cratopus sumptuosus
A colorful weevil endemic to Mauritius covered in metallic green and blue scales. It feeds on the leaves of native and i...
Mauritius Fody Beetle
Cratopus exquisitus
An ornately scaled weevil endemic to Mauritius with iridescent green and copper markings. It is found primarily in uplan...
Mediterranean Firefly
Luciola italica
A common Southern European firefly that flies through warm summer nights producing a continuous greenish glow. It is wid...
Metallic Green Leaf Beetle
Plagiodera versicolora
A small, rounded beetle with shiny metallic blue-green to dark green elytra. It is one of the most common willow-feeding...
Metallic Hister Beetle
Saprinus semistriatus
A small beetle with a metallic blue-green sheen found on carrion and sun-dried carcasses. It is frequently used in foren...
Metallic Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina polita
A medium-sized beetle with richly burnished copper-red to bronze elytra and a metallic green to blue pronotum. The contr...
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
Buprestis rustica
A robust bronze-green jewel beetle with subtle coppery reflections found in coniferous forests. Adults bask in strong su...
Mexican Dung Beetle
Phanaeus mexicanus
A large, metallic green and coppery tunneling dung beetle found from Mexico to Central America. Males have a robust, bac...
Mexican Firefly
Photinus mexicanus
A medium-sized firefly from Mexico and Central America with a dark body and yellowish-red pronotum. It produces a yellow...
Mint Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina herbacea
A brilliant metallic green beetle that feeds exclusively on mint plants. Its coppery-green sheen makes it one of the mos...
Miyako Firefly
Luciola filiformis
A small Japanese firefly found on Miyako Island with a slender body and greenish-yellow luminescence. It has a limited d...
Moon-Horned Dung Beetle
Oxysternon festivum
A large, dark metallic green or black tunneler with a distinctive crescent-shaped pronotal horn in males. The underside ...
Mountain Leaf Beetle
Oreina cacaliae
A brightly colored leaf beetle found on alpine plants like Adenostyles. Its metallic blue-green body warns predators of ...
Musk Beetle
Aromia moschata
A large, metallic green or coppery longhorn beetle that emits a rose-like musk scent. Larvae develop inside old willow t...
Neotropical Firefly
Aspisoma lineatum
A soft-bodied beetle producing a continuous greenish glow from its abdominal lantern organs. It is common in South Ameri...
Neotropical Metallic Wood Borer
Euchroma gigantea
The largest jewel beetle in the Americas with iridescent green, red, and purple elytra. It is commonly found on dead or ...
Neotropical Tiger Beetle
Pseudoxycheila tarsalis
A fast-running predatory beetle with metallic blue-green elytra and large sickle-shaped mandibles. It actively hunts sma...
Nettle Root Weevil
Phyllobius virideaeris
A bright green-scaled weevil found on nettles and other vegetation in spring. Extremely common but the scales wear off w...
Noble Chafer
Gnorimus nobilis
A scarce metallic green beetle with small white flecks on the elytra. It is associated with old orchards and ancient fru...
Northern Corn Rootworm
Diabrotica barberi
A pale green beetle whose larvae attack corn root systems. It can survive crop rotation by extending egg diapause for tw...
Northern Ground Beetle
Pelophila borealis
A medium-sized, dark metallic green or bronze ground beetle with long legs. It is an active predator on riverbanks and l...
Ohlone Tiger Beetle
Cicindela ohlone
One of the rarest tiger beetles in North America, known from only a handful of coastal terrace grassland sites near Sant...
Okinawan Firefly
Luciola owadai
A subtropical firefly endemic to the Ryukyu Islands with a small dark body and rapid greenish flash. It is one of severa...
Oregon Tiger Beetle
Cicindela oregona
A variable-colored tiger beetle found in open sandy and gravelly habitats across western North America. Coloring ranges ...
Osumi Ground Beetle
Carabus osumensis
An endemic ground beetle from the Osumi Peninsula in southern Kyushu, Japan. Features a beautiful metallic green-gold co...
Painted Reed Beetle
Plateumaris sericea
A brilliantly metallic leaf beetle found on aquatic plants, varying from green to blue, copper, or purple. Larvae feed o...
Palmetto Leaf Beetle
Colaspis calosa
A small, oblong beetle with a bronze to golden-green metallic sheen and regular rows of punctures on the elytra. It feed...
Papua New Guinea Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa mniszechii
A spectacularly colourful jewel beetle found in Papua New Guinea, with an iridescent metallic body that shifts between g...
Papuan Firefly
Luciola papuana
A tropical firefly found in New Guinea's lowland forests and coastal areas. It produces rapid green flashes in dense tro...
Pennsylvania Firefly
Photuris pennsylvanica
A common firefly of the eastern United States that produces a green-yellow bioluminescent flash. Adults are soft-bodied ...
Polka-dot Fruit Chafer
Cyprolais hornimani
A vivid green chafer beetle covered with small white spots across the elytra. It is found feeding on flowers and ripe fr...
Polydrusus Weevil
Polydrusus sericeus
A small weevil covered in brilliant green scales that sparkle in sunlight. It is commonly found on birch and hazel trees...
Predaceous Diving Beetle
Cybister lateralimarginalis
A large olive-green diving beetle found across southern Europe and Africa. It is a powerful swimmer that hunts a range o...
Princely Flower Beetle
Stephanorrhina princeps
A large and robust flower beetle with deep metallic green coloration and pale yellow markings. Males have a small horn o...
Punctured Tiger Beetle
Cicindela punctulata
A small dark bronze to greenish tiger beetle with fine punctures on its elytra. It is one of the most adaptable tiger be...
Puritan Tiger Beetle
Cicindela puritana
A bronze-green tiger beetle with white markings found only on sandy riverbanks and beaches. It is one of the rarest inse...
Railroad Worm
Phrixothrix hirtus
A beetle larva with 11 pairs of green-glowing lateral organs and a red-glowing headlamp — the only land animal that prod...
Rainbow Ground Beetle
Carabus nitens
A spectacularly colored ground beetle with elytra showing bands of metallic green, copper, and red, with three prominent...
Rainbow Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina fastuosa
A metallic multicolored beetle with iridescent green, blue, and purple stripes....
Rainbow Stag Beetle
Phalacrognathus muelleri
Australias most spectacularly colored beetle, with iridescent green, red, gold, and purple metallic coloring. Males have...
Red-legged Buprestis
Buprestis rufipes
A large metallic green European jewel beetle with distinctive red legs. Adults bask on sun-warmed timber and tree trunks...
Red-legged Jewel Beetle
Castiarina rufipennis
A medium-sized jewel beetle with reddish-brown elytra and metallic green thorax. It visits flowers in eucalypt woodlands...
Red-tipped Flower Beetle
Malachius bipustulatus
A small metallic green beetle with bright red tips on each elytron. Males can evert orange vesicles from their thorax as...
Reed Beetle
Donacia crassipes
A striking aquatic leaf beetle with metallic golden-green to coppery elytra and elongated hind legs. It is one of the la...
Rose Chafer
Cetonia aurata
A shiny, metallic green beetle commonly found on roses and other flowers. Unlike most beetles, it flies with its elytra ...
Rosemary Beetle
Chrysolina americana
A small oval beetle with metallic green and purple stripes on its elytra. Despite its name, it originates from southern ...
Rothschild's Jewel Beetle
Madecassia rothschildi
A magnificent jewel beetle with metallic green and copper elytra adorned with intricate patterns. It is one of the most ...
Round Sand Beetle
Omophron limbatum
A highly distinctive, nearly circular ground beetle with a domed shape and striking pattern of pale yellow with dark gre...
Saga Longhorn Beetle
Batocera lineolata
A large longhorn beetle with pale greenish-grey elytra marked with dark spots and lines. Its larvae develop in living ha...
Sand Dune Scarab
Pseudocotalpa andrewsi
A metallic golden-green scarab beetle found only on desert sand dunes. Adults emerge briefly after rains to feed and mat...
Scarlet Malachite Beetle
Malachius aeneus
A small beetle with brilliant red and metallic green coloring. Males have peculiar orange head appendages used during co...
Shining Flea Beetle
Asphaera lustrans
A relatively large, metallic blue-green flea beetle with reddish-orange femora. It is one of the larger and more colorfu...
Shore Rove Beetle
Philonthus quisquiliarius
A small metallic greenish rove beetle found along pond and river margins in marshy habitats. Hunts small invertebrates i...