Trichiotinus lunulatus

[58chevy]

These bugs are out in big numbers right now in E. Texas. Caught at least 30 of them this morning. They are about 10 to 12 mm long and look like miniature metallic green Goliath beetles. All were caught on flowers.

[livingplanet3]

These bugs are out in big numbers right now in E. Texas. Caught at least 30 of them this morning. They are about 10 to 12 mm long and look like miniature metallic green Goliath beetles. All were caught on flowers...

Very nice! I've often seen several species of Trichiotinus in my area, including lunulatus. They're nearly always on either prickly pear cactus flowers, or thistles. Most commonly, I see T. texanus -

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1803462/bgimage

And much less often, another trichiine, Trigonopeltastes delta -

https://bugguide.net/node/view/519253

[58chevy]

Yes, nice genus. T. lunulatus also comes in metallic blue.