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Emerald euphoria

Euphoria fulgida
Eats: PlantsBeetlesGardens and meadows6 legs

The emerald euphoria is a beetle from North America. It is a flower chafer, a kind of scarab beetle that loves to visit flowers. Like all beetles, it has hard wing covers that protect its flying wings.

Lives in
North America
Top speed
about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
As a flower chafer, it visits flowers and feeds there.
For real!Photo of Emerald euphoria
Picture by Patrick Coin ( Patrick Coin ). CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

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Fun facts

1

Scientists divide it into four subspecies.

2

It belongs to the scarab family, a huge family of beetles.

3

It was first described in 1775.

you asked

Most asked questions about Emerald euphoria

?Where does the emerald euphoria live?

It lives in North America.

?Is the emerald euphoria dangerous?

No. It is a harmless beetle.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Euphoria fulgida
Named by
Fabricius, 1775
Group
Beetles
Family
Scarabaeidae
Classification
Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Euphoria fulgida (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Patrick Coin ( Patrick Coin ). CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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