(Cetonia aurata) Rose Chafer (Please read my poetry) (Explore #140)

'Chafer the Gaffer'

 

I'm the garden chafer the metallic green gaffer ....

I'll buzz and spray .... so keep out my way ....

I'll trample your pansies spoiling all your fancies ....

I'm big, I'm green so seldom seen ....

"The Gaffer" .... know what I mean?

 

Fun poetry by:

Sean Walsh.

 

Gaffer = Boss

 

These metallic green beetles recently are a frequent visitor to my garden here in Bristol.

You probably have seen them buzzing around the flowers in the summertime, they are considered a pest insect, and can reduce flowers to just stalks in no time at all.

I had a run in with them where they trampled my pansies, but I just let them carry on.

If you try to pick them off your flowers be aware these chaps can shoot out a acidic jet from the rear abdomen, if it goes into your eyes it may cause irritation or worse.

These rose chafer beetles are built like flying green tanks, nature ensured they were robust for sure.

I believe that the larvae a cream coloured maggot can be underground for sometimes up to seven years before eventually emerging as a adult beetle.

Marvellous nature 😁

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