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Flower Chafer

Oxythyrea sp.

Photo by Bernadette S
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28.8661, 34.1758

Field Notes

Description:

about 1.5 cm in length, black with white spots, seen on both star (Centaurea sp.) and cotton (Onopordum sp.) thistles

Habitat:

desert mountain wadis with a lot of spring vegetation

Reference Links:

Oxythyrea

Species ID Suggestions

Flower Chafer

Oxythyrea sp.

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bayucca
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Comments (4)
bayucca
Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae. Looks like being an Oxythyrea sp., butI cannot tell you which one it actually is. Funesta?? http://www.google.ch/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-x4vd7srWOHY%2FT1LFpTh8xDI%2FAAAAAAAAAGA%2Fm_MM4ut46kI%2Fs912%2FDSCF5311II.JPG&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffieldherping.eu%2FForum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D5%26t%3D1020%26start%3D10&h=684&w=912&tbnid=HA5foJs9ALXZJM%3A&zoom=1&q=oxythyrea%20of%20egypt&docid=bHIxHxGDnBnR9M&hl=de&ei=PAJlU7etEqm30QXo3IHQBA&tbm=isch&client=safari&ved=0CD8QMygIMAg&iact=rc&uact=3&page=1&start=0&ndsp=13 https://www.flickr.com/photos/coleoptera-us/3569527227/in/set-72157609831839534 https://www.flickr.com/photos/coleoptera-us/3214661701/in/set-72157609831839534 http://www.raywilsonbirdphotography.co.uk/Galleries/Invertebrates/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae.html http://www.google.ch/imgres?imgurl=http://ppcdn.500px.org/2236050/16b14fbf4c4ba3a15cf62f8e21efc15a43bc8d29/5.jpg&imgrefurl=http://macropoulos.com/macro_fauna&h=600&w=900&tbnid=1-QTz9y2rAS1mM:&zoom=1&q=oxythyrea+of+egypt&docid=tablAI6eSS6WFM&hl=de&ei=PAJlU7etEqm30QXo3IHQBA&tbm=isch&client=safari&ved=0CEIQMygLMAs I think the genus is safe.

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PublishedMay 3, 2014

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