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Flower chafer

Oxythyrea funesta

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Description:

A flower chafer, spotted foraging on a corn marigold (Glebionis segetum), at the lower slopes of the ancient/byzantine site of Episkopi hill, Volos Greece.

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Oxythyrea funesta - Overview, Oxythyrea funesta

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Comments (6)
DespinaTsafetopoulou
I guess its because yellow flowers are more ambundant this time of year and they produce large quantities of pollen :)
injica
Will do my best to find it ;) already today had checked every chafer on my way to the lake, I wonder why they are such a fans of yellow flower, I keep on seeing them constantly on yellow flowers ;)
injica
:) haven't seen yet this one, we have just hairy one here :)

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Biodiversity of Greece (Hellas)
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PublishedApril 21, 2013

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