| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | CETONIA AURATA |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | ROSE CHAFER |
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| Fig 1 |
| DESCRIPTION | Length up to 17mm. Metallic green and bronze parallel sided elytra that has numerous indentations and white markings. The elytra is also somewhat flattened. |
| BEHAVIOUR | Active in sunny weather. A clumsy and cumbersome beetle. |
| DISTRIBUTION | Locally common throughout. |
| HABITAT | Deep vegetation and in and around flowers. |
| PERIOD | May to September. |