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This lovely Gem, Giant Emerald Fruit Chafer Beetle or Dicronorrhina derbyana layardi, arrived after a hail storm. He was sitting perched on one of our green pepper plants just outside the kitchen door. He likes to play dead, which makes the photography easy, but a bit boring for video.

Dicronorhina derbyana is the smallest within the genus. It reaches about 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in) of length in the males, while the females are slightly smaller, reaching about 35–38 millimetres (1.4–1.5 in) in length.

In Dicronorhina derbyana layardi the basic body colour is usually metallic green with an ochre sheen and white stripes on the pronotum and elytra. The males have a "T"-shaped, flat horn in the forehead. The larvae live in the soil on decaying vegetable material, while the adults feed primarily on tree sap and fruits. A female lays up to 200 eggs. The full life cycle will take 8–9 months, and the adult beetles can live 3–4 months.

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