Size:
Approximately 20mms long
Distribution: Found throughout the UK, although thought to be declining in numbers.
Months Active: May to October
Diet:
Flowers. The larvae live and feed inside rotting timber.
Habitat:
Meadows, parks and gardens
Features:
The rose chafer is one of our larger and 'prettier' beetles. The upper surfaces are an iridescent emerald green and bronze colour. The underside is a bronze colour. There are ragged white marks running widthways across the wing casings which look like fine cracks.
Rose chafers are usually seen in sunny weather feeding on the petals of flowers - especially roses.
