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>Chrysochroa Fulgidissima "Yamato Tamamushi“ - This beetle is native to Japan. It is typically found in woods or forests during summer and can grow between 30–41 millimetres in length.

>The Tamamushi Shrine, an Asuka Period miniature shrine located at Hōryū-ji Temple, Nara prefecture, is the first known object decorated with urushi lacquer and oil painting on wood, gilt bronze plaques, and beetlewing work using the iridescent wings of the Chrysochroa Fulgidissima beetle. Today, "Tamamushi-Nuri" is executed only by a few Urushi masters in Wajima, Japan.

>The dial of the Tamamushi Timepiece is decorated with a mosaic of close to 1000 tiny squares cut from the wings of this beetle. Since this bug has iridescent wings that glow lengthwise with different colors depending upon the light angle, one cannot be sure exactly which color it is. Therefore it gave rise to the expression tamamushi-iro (tamamushi color), in reference to a convoluted statement that can be interpreted in more ways than one.