Oxidised Beetle - _TNY_9309
The copper chafer (Protaetia cuprea) is primarily green, even if there is a clear metallic sheen to it, so perhaps the name references oxidised copper then?
In Swedish, this insead is an "olivgrön guldbagge", meaning olive-green gold beetle.
The specimen here was enjoying somesort of white flower in my mother-in-law's garden outside Härnösand, Sweden, in early August (of 2024).
Oxidised Beetle - _TNY_9309
The copper chafer (Protaetia cuprea) is primarily green, even if there is a clear metallic sheen to it, so perhaps the name references oxidised copper then?
In Swedish, this insead is an "olivgrön guldbagge", meaning olive-green gold beetle.
The specimen here was enjoying somesort of white flower in my mother-in-law's garden outside Härnösand, Sweden, in early August (of 2024).