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Ghosts use their camo to avoid detection - not as flighty as other species.

On Macnab cypress (Hesperocyparis macnabiana)

It landed on the ground and was walking around. Got attacked by 1 Harvester ant and a second followed. The bee lost the battle.

Confirmé par 2 experts - vu en 2019,2020,2021

Santa Barbara County, California.

Parece esse aí que classifiquei pela foto,fiz esse registro no alto de uma cachoeira localizada entre as cidades de Cannã dos Carajás e Parauapebas

On the moth sheet at Cristalino Jungle Lodge.

C, mouhoti elegantula

Cyclommatus Stag Beetles, Genus Cyclommatus,

Huechys sanguinea,

I don't recall any bluish tint, so I think this is an artefact of the photo [EDIT: see follow-up comment]

Jepson Prairie Preserve, Solano County California

Maybell, Moffat Co., CO.

Found on bridge over East Walker River at Rosachi Ranch, Sweetwater-Aurora Road (NF-028), Lyon County, Nevada, elev. 5780 ft. Near willow-dominated riparian vegetation.

Figueroa Mountain, Santa Barbara County, California

One lone individual revealed itself when the clouds started to break things up. Short flights - I chased it around for a while before it flew off into the pickleweed.

DCF 1.0

On the western end of the Nebraska Sandhills this species is most commonly green or blue.

Captured under a cloudy sky - lot's of beetles in the Wildcat Hills.