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Cetonia aurata, called the rose chafer or the green rose chafer, is a beetle, 20 millimetres (3 ⁄ 4 in) long, that has a metallic structurally coloured green and a distinct V-shaped scutellum. The scutellum is the small V-shaped area between the wing cases; it may show several small, irregular, white lines and marks.
Cotinis nitida, commonly known as the green June beetle, June bug or June beetle, [1] is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the eastern United States and Canada, where it is most abundant in the South. It is sometimes confused with the related southwestern species figeater beetle Cotinis mutabilis, which is less destructive.
These beetles are typically between 15–35 mm (0.6–1.4 in) in length. The majority of species have bright shiny green upperparts, but metallic silver and gold are also common colors (species with all-silver or all-golden upperparts only occur in Central and South America), and a few can be metallic reddish.
Cotinis mutabilis, also known as the figeater beetle (also green fruit beetle or fig beetle), is a member of the scarab beetle family. It belongs to the subfamily Cetoniinae , comprising a group of beetles commonly called flower chafers since many of them feed on pollen, nectar, or petals. [ 1 ]
Many flea beetles are attractively colored; dark, shiny and often metallic colors predominate. Adult flea beetles feed externally on plants, eating the surface of the leaves, stems and petals. Under heavy feeding the small round holes caused by an individual flea beetle's feeding may coalesce into larger areas of damage.
A shiny purple creature crawled around the inside of a tree near a palace in Bhutan. Perhaps the “stout” insect’s tree-dwelling lifestyle helped it go unnoticed. ... Corneyanus bark beetles ...
Scaphidium quadrimaculatum can reach a length of 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). These small beetles have a broad and oval-shaped body. They are completely shiny black, with four irregular red spots on elytra.
Agathidium vaderi is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] The beetle was named after the fictional character Darth Vader by Cornell University entomologists due to its shiny helmetlike head that resembles that of the Star Wars villain. [3] [4]