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beetle; escarabajo

Oxythyrea funesta

Description:

Oxythyrea funesta is a beetle species belonging to the family Cetoniidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East. Larvae are up to 30 mm long, they feed on plant roots and can remain until next spring in the soil. 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. Their colour is black, more or less bronzed. Most of the specimens shows six white spots in two longitudinal rows on pronotun and many other on elytra. They are completely covered with a white pubescence (easily visible in profile). Older specimens usually have no hairs, as they are rubbed off with

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Oxythyrea funesta.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Nice

Jose Castaño
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Jose Castaño

Catalunya, Spain

Spotted on Apr 21, 2012
Submitted on Apr 21, 2012

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