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Oxythyrea funesta
Family Cetoniidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. The adults appear early in the spring, they grow up to 8–12 millimetres (0.31–0.47 in) and can mostly be encountered from May through July. They are considered an insect pest that do not just feed on pollen, but rode the floral organs, especially damaging light in color buds and flowers
This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.
Spotted on Mar 31, 2012
Submitted on Apr 10, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks for the ID! Gracias por la identificación, Patricia :)
La planta es Lavatera cretica y el artropodo parece Oxythyrea funesta
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