Flower Beetle

Lenny, we have discussed this several times and I repeat it again: It is mandatory to add a reference link for a species or in rare cases, as I had to do several times myself (only where there was NO (!!) electronic reference at all), add a comment that you have no electronic reference. Making a suggestion is not the meaning of let other people checking the references. You are the one with the correct ID, so it is also your job to "proof" with a good link and trustable reference, since you have more knowledge about that specific species. Many people are not experienced enough to verify a suggestion and we have a lot of unprooved and unfortunately wrong ID suggestions here. It just took me 1 minutes to find this reference, I never take an ID as granted, not even my own ones, so it should be easily possible to take this time finding a reference. That's part of the game, indeed!

Bayuccca must have researched it after I gave the correct I.D. Yes it is in my Thai field guide. Bayucca keeps asking me for references. but I am quite happy just to identify stuff and let the poster do all the reference legwork,after all half the pictures on the internet don.t have a name anyway.Reason being they cant be bothered buying field guides.I have never visited a country without one (or ten). Bayucca and many others have given me some good advice in the past. But before I have asked for help I have gone as far as I can to I.D.my own spottings. As you have on this one. Anyway keep these Beetle photos coming Rob.

Protaetia chaminadei. http://www.actias.de/index.php?page=Attachment&attachmentID=8648

Links please, Lenny!!

Hi Rob I've not seen this one. Apparently confined to Northern Thailand. I might not be high enough.P.acuminata and P.fusca are the common ones here.

Ok, I will keep on searching :)

Oh ok but I bet it is in that genus or related. And your welcome, Glad to help

Bumble flower beetle. Euphoria inda