Abstract

A children's game involving catching, tethering, and then flying the cetoniine scarab Pachnoda marginata was observed in Ghana. A very similar cetonine beetle, Cotinis nitida , is flown by children in the American South. The flying beetle game was probably introduced from West Africa to the American South by slaves. View this article in BioOne

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