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Small hard backed beetle approx 1.5 cm long.
Lowveld, South Africa
Stunned after flying into obstruction but soon recovered and was off like a rocket
Spotted on Dec 13, 2016
Submitted on Dec 13, 2016
2 Comments
Your beetle is one of the Fruit chafers (Cetoniinae).
Maybe Dischista rufa? :
http://www.flower-beetles.com/foto/rsa/r...
please take a full shoot also, next time :-)
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