Are these Rose beetles

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DMersh Perth, United Kingdom(Zone 7b) Jun 29, 2011

I saw lots of these small metallic green beetles on some yellow flowers (I think St Johns Wort). They resemble Rose beetles but were smaller, only about 6mm long. This was late June in Kent, SE England, location was a disused chalk quarry.

Thanks for any info,

Dave

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JuneyBug Dover AFB, DE(Zone 7a) Jul 02, 2011

Looks like you are right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetonia_aurata

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DMersh Perth, United Kingdom(Zone 7b) Jul 03, 2011

Yes they do resemble Rose beetls apart from the size - Rose beetles are around 20mm long but these were only 5-6mm. Maybe size varies this much naturally.

Thanks

Dave

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JuneyBug Dover AFB, DE(Zone 7a) Jul 03, 2011

http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Rose-Chafer
We might be calling it by different common names. These are half the size that you are using as a reference.☺

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