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Latin name:Gnorimus nobilis
Size: Approximately 20mm long
Distribution: Rare - mainly found in the southern half of the UK.
Months seen: July and August
Habitat: Orchards, gardens and hedgerows
Food: Nectar (often found on hogweeds).
Special features: The noble chafer is a beautiful, iridescent green
beetle, roughly the size of the first joint of a man’s forefinger.
It is often confused with the rose chafer (Cetonia
aura), but has wrinkled wing cases, unlike the smooth ones of the rose
chafer. The noble chafer also has pale flecks on both its
wing cases and thorax and has a distinct indentation between the thorax and wing
cases.
The larvae of the noble chafer live inside old, decaying fruit trees in
traditional orchards, where they take two years to develop into adult beetles.
UK Safari Beetle Section
UK Safari Creepy-Crawlies Section
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