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This listing is for an intact, frozen, pupal cell (with a pupa in it). The specimen was frozen 2 or so weeks after the larva built the pupal cell out of soil/frass. The pupa is contained within this circular chamber of dirt.
Buy this dead insect for local school collection projects in the following states though they probably occur also in unlisted neighboring states to some extent. Dried specimens of this species are native to or established in the following areas of the United States.
Florida, Louisiana, Texas
| Taxonomy | Length | ~20mm | ||
| Kingdom | Animalia | Wingspan | n/a | |
| Phylum | Arthropoda | Life Stage | Pupa | |
| Class | Insecta | Status | Frozen | |
| Order | Coleoptera | Bugguide Info & Photos | ||
| Family | Scarabaeidae | |||
| Subfamily | Cetoniinae | |||
| Genus | Gymnetis | |||
| Species | caseyi | |||
| Common Name | Harlequin Flower Beetle |
