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Rose chafer, Cetonia aurata

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  1. View Patomarazul's profile
    Patomarazul
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    Nice close up! I will add the species for you :-) Posted 4 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Happy New Year, awesome shot!

    Can you please set the country?     Posted 4 years ago
    1. View blackdiamond's profile
      blackdiamond
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      Turkey / Mersin Posted 4 years ago
  4. View Pudding4brains's profile
    Pudding4brains
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    Fantastic image! I'll second Ferdy's request for a location, but also this: Are you sure about the ID? I seem to see (dirty, brownish) toment on the knee caps. Our European/northern C. aurata shouldn't have that (rather a feature of Protatetia (cuprea) or some such. Not familiar enough with the Turkish variants (if it was in Turkey, that is).
    Do you have a shot of the front of the head and/or a ventral shot showing the shape of the "bulb" on the prosternum?     Posted 4 years ago

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The Rose chafer

"Cetonia aurata", called the rose chafer or, sometimes, the green rose chafer or goldsmith beetle, is a beetle, 20 mm long, that has a metallic green colouration and a distinct V-shaped scutellum.

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Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Jan 7, 2021. Captured Jan 3, 2021 14:17.
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  • NIKON D7100
  • f/20.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO320
  • 90mm