The wing-cases of gold-enameled weevils hung from necklaces; muslin gowns were embroidered with the iridescent green elytra of jewel beetles.
https://daily.jstor.org/insect-jewelry-of-the-victorian-era/?fbclid=IwAR2gnGsa6uf3SxOw3_ObyUap7Mzs0DgDMYDPS26TVxu_kqHXxVVN64C0I74
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Polychalca punctatissima ( https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/556731-Polychalca-punctatissima ) was the metallic green species most often mounted as "scarabs" (these beetles are really South American leaf beetles) in Egyptian-inspired and Art Nouveau jewelry of the Victorian era.
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