Vine chafer beetle

Anomala vitis

Green metallic color, about 12-13 mm long.
Anomala vitis - Vine chafer Captured on the beach in Halkidiki, Greece. I took a few pics and... it flew away! Animal,Animalia,Anomala vitis,Arthropoda,Central Macedonia,Coleoptera,Europe,Geotagged,Greece,Halkidiki,Insect,Insecta,Nature,Neos Marmaras,Rutelidae,Scarabeoidea,Sithonia,Spring,Vine chafer,Vine chafer beetle

Distribution

Palaearctic (Albania, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldavia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine)

References:

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http://www.gbif.org/species/5988820
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyScarabaeidae
GenusRutelidae
SpeciesAnomala vitis
Photographed in
Greece