Derby's flower beetle
Derby's flower beetle is a big, shiny African beetle with white or tan stripes. Depending on where it lives, it can be metallic green, ginger, or maroon with a blue shine. The boy has a flat, T-shaped horn on his forehead.
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Fun facts
It is the smallest beetle in its group, even though it is as long as a matchbox.
Here the boys are bigger than the girls.
A mum can lay up to 200 eggs.
Growing from egg to beetle takes 8 to 9 months, and then the beetle lives for 3 to 4 months.
Most asked questions about Derby's flower beetle
?What does Derby's flower beetle eat?
The beetles eat tree sap and fruit, and the larvae eat rotting plants in the soil.
?Is Derby's flower beetle dangerous?
No. It is a harmless beetle that does not bite or sting people.
?How big is Derby's flower beetle?
It is about 35 to 50 millimetres long, and the boys are the bigger ones.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Dicronorrhina derbyana
- Named by
- Westwood, 1843
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
- Lives on
- Africa
Where the facts come from
- Dicronorhina derbyana (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by JMK. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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