Figeater beetle (green fruit beetle)

Warm regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico, especially gardens, orchards, compost, and woodland edges. Adults commonly visit flowers and soft or damaged fruit.

Adults feed on ripe, fermenting, or damaged fruit, nectar, pollen, and flower tissues. Larvae consume decaying plant matter, compost, and manure rather than healthy roots.

Adults are active mainly in warm daylight and can buzz loudly while flying; they often gather on fruit and flowers. Females lay eggs in rich organic soil or compost, where larvae develop before pupating.

They are generally harmless to people and do not sting, though adults can damage soft fruit and flowers. Larvae help decompose organic material and recycle nutrients.