Rose chafer
Cetonia aurata
Scarabs
(Scarabaeidae)
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Metallic green to golden-red shiny beetle. The shield is flattened with some white cross stripes of light coloured hairs. The head is darker in colour and the under surface is red-brown. The colour is variable. Flies with closed shield, unlike most beetles. Mainly found at forest edges and bushes on flowers on which it feeds. When cold it stops moving. ⇔ l. 15-20 mm syn. Green rose chafer, Goldsmith' beetle
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Back
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Wing
10-50 mm
Beetle
Six
Shielded
Forked
Shielded
0 LookAlikes (LA):
Rose chafer
Gouden tor
Goldglänzender Rosenkäfer
Cétoine dorée
Cetonia dorata
Cetonia aurata [L.]
Cetonia aurata [L.]
Золотистая бронзовка
金花金龟
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