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Spotted another spotted beetle in a spotted flower! Excuse the title! A blue-black beetle on a flower Morocco March 2017,Oxythyrea funesta Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Spotted another spotted beetle in a spotted flower!

Excuse the title! A blue-black beetle on a flower

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    englishindiangirl
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    Not sure about this identification WildFlower, 'my' beet!E wasn't hairy. And the beetle looked much slimmer and elegant than ID picture. Posted 8 years ago
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    It's Oxythyrea all right - the hairs rub off quite quickly, so "naked" specimen are very common. The other option to consider here would probably be O. pantherina, but I would also opt for funesta here :o) Posted 8 years ago
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    englishindiangirl
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    I bow to superior knowledge! But it still looks a slim version, not a dumpy little thing as in the illustration. Maybe it's been on a diet! Posted 8 years ago
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      It's the viewing angle - your image is more of a side view than dorsally, so it may appear to be more slender, but I' m sure that in a full dorsal view it would look just as wide ... Posted 8 years ago

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The Mediterranean Spotted Chafer

"Oxythyrea funesta" is a phytophagous beetle species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.

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Uploaded Apr 15, 2017. Captured Mar 28, 2017 11:23.
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  • 1/52s
  • ISO100
  • 6.3mm

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