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Hairy Flower Scarab

Trichiotinus affinis

Description:

Adult chafers eat the leaves and flowers of many deciduous trees, shrubs and other plants, but rarely cause any serious damage. Chafer beetles also act as pollinators for many species of flowering trees. Grubs of this species, which reach 40–45 mm long when fully grown, live in the soil and feed on plant roots, especially those of grasses and cereals, and are occasional pests in pastures, nurseries, gardens, and in grassy amenity areas like golf-courses. The grubs can be found immediately below the surface, usually lying in a characteristic comma-like position. The grubs sometimes attack vegetables and other garden plants, such as lettuce, raspberry, strawberry and young ornamental trees. Chafer grubs feed below ground for 3–4 years before changing into adult beetles. - from Wikipedia

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Hairy Flower Scarab
Trichiotinus affinis Hairy Flower Scarab - Trichiotinus affinis - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

RiekoS
RiekoS 9 years ago

Thank you very much for your kind comment and ID Mark Ridgway! I just added.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Nice beetle.

RiekoS
Spotted by
RiekoS

New York, USA

Spotted on Jun 21, 2014
Submitted on Jun 28, 2014

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