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Big beetle mustard color in a flowering plant, about 4 cm long. Subfamily Cetoninae
Semi desert
Spotted on Aug 12, 2012
Submitted on Aug 14, 2012
4 Comments
Thank you martinl for the ID pointer.
Chafers, subfamily Cetoninae, are worldwide in distribution. They are frequently brightly colored. The group has been divided into several divisions.
1/ Flower Beetles (Cetoniinae subfamily) typically feed as adults on flowers. Kaoru Sakai estimates that there are about 3,200 known species of flower beetles.
Thank you bee.jacbs for the pointer, now i know where to start looking.
Hi Luis. Another great spotting! I think this beetle belongs to the family Scarabidae, but I'm not sure of the species as I am not familiar with your area. Hopefully this can get you on the right track.