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Protaetia aurichalcea
Bronze and ivory. Gorgeous beetle.
Digging into a mango put out for the birds. On my rooftop terrace. Just allowed me 2 shots and then flew away with an angry whirring sound!
Spotted on Mar 25, 2021
Submitted on Mar 26, 2021
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Never heard of a Flower Chafer before. How interesting. Thanks for sharing Sukanya.
Thank you Mark...we have some in really, really jewel-like ...sort of shiny metallic gemlike....https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/444233175.
and they love fruit..https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/77418999.
Amazing patterns for a chafer. Ours are mostly so boring.
Ha, ha, ha you may be right. Flower chafers love mango...
Beautiful beetle, Sukanya. Angry about leaving its mango to the birds, no doubt!