Bracken Chafer (Phyllopertha Horticola)

It looks a bit like Melolontha melolontha but I don't think that is an exact match. What do you think?

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Joost Thissen

Lion

It looks like it, but it is (probably) the rose beetle (Phyllopertha Horticola). Posted 12 years ago, modified 12 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Joost, that looks like a far better match. Posted 12 years ago

The Garden chafer

The Phyllopertha horticola is a beetle of the family Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae), and is also called chafer beetle. The beetle is somewhat similar to the related June beetle, yet it is smaller, and more hairy on the elytra. The elytra are reddish colored, the rest of the body is black with a green-blue, metallic sheen.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Ferdy Christant