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Latin name: Cetonia aurata
Size: Approximately 20mms long
Distribution: Found throughout the UK, although thought to be declining
in numbers.
Months seen: May to October
Food: Flowers. The larvae live and feed inside rotting timber.
Habitat: Meadows, parks and gardens
Special features: The rose chafer is one of our larger and more
attractive
beetles. The upper surfaces are an iridescent emerald green and bronze colour.
The underside is a bronze colour. There are ragged white marks running widthways
across the wing casings which look like fine cracks.
Rose chafers are usually seen in sunny weather feeding on the petals of flowers
- especially roses.
UK Safari Beetle Section
UK Safari Creepy-Crawlies Section
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