Rose chafer/Large wattle chafer

Description:

成虫长8-14毫米, 体表呈暗绿或棕色, 触角末端有成排薄片, 有翅, 飞行时像黄蜂一样. 幼虫状似蝇蛆, 有棕黄色角质头壳, 身体经常弯成C字形, 体长最大可达2厘米. 因为蛰伏在土中所以很难见到. 初夏的时候就会长成成虫并从地面涌出. || An adult rose chafer is a moderate-sized insect, measuring between 5/16-inch to almost 1/2-inch in length. It’s a slender beetle, pale green to tan in color with reddish‑brown or orangish spiny legs. It has short, lamellate antennae, i.e. a series of flat plate- or page-like segments. A rose chafer sometimes resembles a wasp when it’s flying. The larval stage is called a grub and has a brown head and conspicuous legs. Like other grubs, it’s body is bent into a ‘C’ shape. Fully grown, a rose chafer larva is about 3/4-inch long. Rose chafer larvae are rarely, if ever, seen.

Habitat:

Diverse, common in South China.

Notes:

pictured at Huashan Dorms, SCAU. a kind of forest pest