The casual visitor and a resident bug

Jewel beetle (Ponvandu in Tamil) is one of the colorful insect and probably the most pleasant insect to observe. These insect sightings are becoming rare these days, but here is a casual visitor who showed up in our previous garden in Ranipet, India.

The below one was pictured in our new home garden, unlike the above casual visitor this one is a permanent resident hanging out in maize bloom.