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Flower Chafer

Cetoniinae

Photo by VivBraznell
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Field Notes

Description:

Small beetle

Habitat:

Mountainside

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
MichaelGeiser
It's a scarab of the tribe Valgini (subfamily Cetoniinae, also known as "flower chafers"). There are several genera and something around 100 species in SE-Asia. This may be a species of Dasyvalgus, but I'm not sure how to distinguish the other genera.

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PublishedOctober 18, 2014

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