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Green Rose Chafers ♂ ♀ (copulation) and Jewel Beetle ♂

Cetonia aurata (copulation) and Anthaxia nitidula nitidula

Description:

Cetonia aurata desctiption: Rose chafers are capable of very fast flight; they do it with their wing cases down thus resembling a bumble bee. They feed on flowers, nectar and pollen, in particular roses (from where they get their name); which is where they can be found on warm sunny days, between May and June/July, occasionally to September. It has metallic green colouration (but can be bronze, copper, violet, blue/black or grey) with a distinct V shaped scutellum, the small triangular area between the wing cases just below the thorax, and having several other irregular small white lines and marks. The underside is a coppery color. Anthaxia nitidula nitidula description: It is located in the right corner on the 1st photo. The adults are 5 – 7 mm long and are pollinators. The male is completely metallic green, while head and pronotum in the female are red and elytra are green. Main host plants of wood-boring larvae are in genus Amygdalus, Crataegus and Prunus.

Habitat:

Anthaxia nidula nidula is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in the North Africa.

Notes:

Related spotting (Anthaxia nidula nidula ♀) spotted on the same location some time ago: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/239... and other spotting of Cetonia aurata: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/231... and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/949... .

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Spotted on May 28, 2013
Submitted on May 28, 2013

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