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beekeeper beetle
Protaetia opaca
38.6419, 0.046038
Field Notes
Description:
Protaetia is a genus of beetles of the Scarabeidae family.
This large beetle reaches 2.5 centimeters is known well by beekeepers, they remove them from their hives
honey is not the only food of protaetias, any sweet and very ripe fruit has a good effect, another of his weaknesses are ripe figs. Also consume nectar from flowers and even parts of the flower itself. their larvae eat rotting wood.
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