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Look who visited our Buddleia flowers in the garden yesterday! Chlorobapta frontalis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Cetoniinae subfamily. ID Brian Hanich WAMInformation from mypestguide "Rarely encountered in Western Australia but more often recorded from the eastern states, it is a widespread native. The adults feed on flowers and nectar, and are probably important native pollinators in the process. The larvae feed in rotten wood. "
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Goliath Beetle and others,
plate 45 from
Le rgne animal (
The Animal Kingdom) by
Georges Cuvier. Again, I don't see this one in the BHL photostream here on Flickr, so this is my own edited, cropped version based on the BHL scan. Species:1=Trichius fasciatus Lin.2=Platygenia barbata Schoen3=Cetonia aurata Lin4=Goliathus giganteus Lamarck; though listed as such, pattern is that of Goliathus regius5=Gymnetis nitida Fab. = Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Whiteland Bay, Isle of Arran. NS036249
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Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia
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Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Unfortunately found deadCradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO7347
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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WWT Knapp Reserve, Worcs, SO748250
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Confirmed,Cradley, Malvern, Worcs, SO729470
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Tabberabbera, Victoria, Australia
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National Park of La Brenne, France
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Upwards of 40 on sandy pathways.Shrawley Wood, Worcestershire, SO805652
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Look who visited our Buddleia flowers in the garden yesterday! Chlorobapta frontalis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Cetoniinae subfamily. ID Brian Hanich WAM
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Tabberabbera, Victoria, Australia
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Valbona National Park. Albanian Alps.
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San Mateo, Cagayan Valley, Philippines
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Jimena de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain
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Alcornocales N.P. Andalucia Spain