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Rose Chafer on Mallow Ninebark
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Rose Chafer on Mallow Ninebark

by Katja Rosvall

Category: Macro/Close-upAdded August 19, 2009890 views

Botanical-Flora, Arthropods

Keywords: Rose Chafer, Cetonia aurata, beetle, Mallow Ninebark, Physocarpus malvaceus

The Ninebark is a garden specimen.

To distinguish the Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) from the very similar-looking Potosia cuprea, take a look at the shape of the front edge of the beetle's face plate; V-shaped = C. aurata, almost straight = P. cuprea. (It can't be seen here without magnification.)

Turku University Botanical Gardens, Ruissalo, SW Finland

[Goldglänzender Rosenkäfer; Kultakuoriainen]
Image Reference: P6274903Image Format: Digital Capture - Greater than 9MPImage Crop: Greater than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No