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Hirta beetle

Tropinota hirta

Notes:

Spotted in a small island in the river Tagus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetonia

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2 Comments

Ricardo Salgueiro
Ricardo Salgueiro 9 years ago

Sorry for the late comment Tiz... yes very similar the look. Thanks!

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Coulr be a Tropinota hirta (http://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.p...)
But as you can see, the species are quite similar looking.

Ricardo Salgueiro
Spotted by
Ricardo Salgueiro

Portugal

Spotted on May 7, 2014
Submitted on May 14, 2014

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