Bought from a professional entomologist’s website. Only posting because of iNat’s lack of this species and it’s beauty. Chrysobothris vitalisi according to the collection data. I also purchased two other species that aren’t on here yet (one unidentified and one Chrysobothris cyanipennis) - if the collection data is good I’ll post them too. @catenatus @tuftedparidae
In my yard. Flying around and landing on sunlit cedar leaves
Flying around sunlit brush in my yard
Tattered right wing. Seemed to continue to fly effectively.
Endangered subspecies. Not too hard to find - nothing similar to be confused with.
landed on a spot of dirt in my yard. Exciting find for me!