Iridescent beetle

I spent quite a bit of time outside yesterday...soaking in the sun and playing with firearms (target shooting). While I was sitting talking with one of the participants, an incredible, iridescent green beetle flew onto her. I grabbed the little guy and took some macro shots of it on my hand and on my leg. I've never seen one like this before in our neck of the woods. It almost appears that it's covered in glitter (looks like some metallic watercolour paints I have). It's probably some sort of invasive species from Malaysia or another exotic locale. Hopefully, it's a benign critter.

Here's another shot of him so you can get a sense of size...he was pretty decent-sized.