Rose Chafer on Mallow Ninebark

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]