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Cryptocephalus sericeus

Cryptocephalus sericeus

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Rose Chafer or Rosenkäfer
Cetonia aurata Cetonia aurata


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6 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Nadi 88, you could add a common name of" Cylindrical Leaf Beetle"

Nadi88
Nadi88 11 years ago

hi! Thanks for your help! It`s quite difficult to get the species name without a field guide book. But i`m sure that this one is a Cryptocephalus sericeus. In the description they mentioned two hunchs. So i made a close-up pic and i`ve found them! Thanks!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 11 years ago

I can at least offer an iD for the flower: Campanula patula

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

What about Cryptocephalus sp.? For example Cryptocephalus sericeus???
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seidiger_Fa...
Might be another species of Cryptocephalus? Hypochaeridis or Aureolus?? Look at the body shape, which is more "rectangular" in your picture.
Personally I do not think it is Gastrophysa viridula, but after my Chafer ID, this might not mean much... But the body shape and the head looks not like a dock beetle:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grüner_Saue...
What do you think?

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Uups! Yes, I agree, I obviously did not focus on the antennae carefully. I just checked your species and found a lot of probably mis-ided ones?? At least some of them look in my modest eyes quite different to yours and the ones which I suppose have the correct ID:
http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/Eur...

Nadi88
Nadi88 11 years ago

sorry, but i dont think that this one is a cetonia aurata. if you look closely to the antenne, you can see that they are really long and straight. but the rose chafer normally have short ones...

Nadi88
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Nadi88

Wasserliesch, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Spotted on May 29, 2012
Submitted on May 29, 2012

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