
This is a sample of beetles that visited our bug lights on a recent night. We seem to have two species of Chrysina beetles rather common that come to the lights. Chrysina batesi is the larger gold specimen and Chrysina resplendens is the smaller one. I never realized these were collectors items before I was told by recent visitors. The other beetles shown remain unidentified. The green one might be a flower scarab (Cetonidae) and the largest a rhinoceros beetle Heterogomphus mneszechi.
Below a photo of some of the silk moths that arrived the same night
