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reen Rose Chafer Beetle - Trigonophorus rothschildi
Body size: 25 to 35
Length 25 - 35 mm, belong to the large beetles, back in the green, but from different angles with an orange metallic luster, in front of a male head angle processes, black, still head the central back-end processes with a triangular shield, end of a sharp; before the first female fan angle stems short and wide, head for the back-end processes rectangular. Approximate little Taiwan appearance fan angle beetles, but larger size. This species endemic to Taiwan, in addition to the body color green, there are a small number of individuals for the blue or orange-brown, they live in a low, mid-elevation mountain, in July-August in adults, like visiting, and often use cluster configuration tree The berries.
Green Rose Chafer is a kind of flower chafers (also called fruit chafer--family Cetonidae, order Coleoptera): Many of these robust, squarish, slightly flat beetles are brightly colored and often shiny. The head may have projections of varying lengths, which are usually more developed in males. Eggs are laid in decaying plant matter, dry carcasses, and the ground. The larvae eat rotting plant material, dung and wood; the adults mostly eat plant sap, pollen and fruit. Can be found worldwide, especially in tropical and subtropical regions in any well-vegetated habitat. But Green Rose Chafers can be found in very restricted areas
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