Name: Glorious Beetle - Signed Fine Art Print
SKU: 51394
Availability: InStock

Glorious Beetle – Signed Fine Art Print

$19.95 – $27.95

Information about the Glorious Beetle:

The Glorious Beetle – also called the Glorious Scarab – is a member of the order Coleoptera. They are one of North America’s most colorful beetles. Adults grow to be about one inch long (25 to 28 millimeters) The have bright green with silver stripes on the elytra. The adult beetles feed on juniper leaves at a high elevation. They use their coloration as camouflage to blend in with plants. The species is sometimes incorrectly thought to be endangered, but has never been listed either in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species or under the United States Endangered Species Act. It belongs to the large and very diverse family Scarabaeidae, along with June beetles, rain beetles and rhinoceros beetles. Adults feed on juniper foliage in the southwestern United States (Texas to Arizona and northern Mexico).

The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Opacity: 94%

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Description

Fine art illustration of a Glorious Beetle (Chrysina gloriosapra.) The illustration is available in black and white or color.

Artist’s notes:

The Glorious Beetle was completed on 10.5.2013. I had drawn one of these lovely insects many years ago, but had decided it wasn’t a good enough illustration to be part of the image library. But I thought I might like to make a collage of some of the more amazing and beautiful beetles native to North America. And the Glorious Beetle had to be part of that. So, I found a great reference photo by Margarethe Brummermann who was kind enough to give me permission to use it and made the above drawing.

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