About Chrysanthia viridissima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysanthia viridissima (Linnaeus, 1758) can reach a length of 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 inches). These beetles have soft, rather elongated bodies and an elongated head. Their mandibles are bifid, and their antennae are long, filiform, and made up of eleven segments. The pronotum is heart-shaped. The elytra are densely punctured and marked with four longitudinal ribs. All pairs of leg coxae are enlarged, while the legs and antennae themselves are dark. Adult beetles may be metallic green (the Latin epithet viridissima translates to "very green", referencing this common coloration), blue, or coppery. This species is quite similar to Chrysanthia geniculata, but the two can be distinguished by differences in hair, the shape of the throat plate, elytral ribs, and color. This quite common beetle is found across most of Europe and the eastern Palearctic realm, with recorded presence in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic (including both Bohemia and Moravia), Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. It inhabits flowery meadows and woodlands.
