[3] Its body is largely metallic blue-green, along with shades of yellow, orange, and red throughout.

The top of its head and the sides of its pronotum often display large orange-red markings, and the antennae are blue-green with a metallic luster.

It has large, black compound eyes and pronounced white mandibles with dark blue-green tips.

C. batesi can often be found running along the open ground where it hunts small insects, though it may fly short distances when necessary to escape danger.

[1] Third instar larvae have been observed using soil to plug the entrance of their burrows, possibly to protect it from rainfall or to elude predators.