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Oxythyrea funesta
Oxythyrea funesta is a phytophagous beetle species belonging to the family Cetoniidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. 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 time.
This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.
hmm, thanks Livan... and thanks also to J. I like the shortened version of your name, BTW!
I do think the other 2 spottings are of this same species suggested above.
thanks manval for the ID. Do you think these are the same beetle?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/117...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/117...
right! So the spots on the beetles can be quite different on different specimens.
Livan, jgorneau, do you think these are the same beetle?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/117...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/117...
Well there's three beetles in the first the first pic, bottom two definitively mating, the one on top I think is just trying to get a piece of the action. LOL
They look to me maybe like some kind of Dark Flower Scarab in the Euphoria sp.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2710/bgpag...
Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jun 18, 2012
