Orange Spotted Fruit Chafer from Zimbabwe

Subject: Yellow & black beetle
Location: Zimbabwe
November 21, 2014 5:48 am
hiya!!! Here’s hoping you can identify this bug. Seen in the eastern area (mutare) of Zimbabwe in late November (summer/rainy season). Looking forward to hearing from you!!!!
Signature: Ange

Orange Spotted Fruit Chafer

Dear Ange,
This beautiful Scarab is an Orange Spotted Fruit Chafer, Mecynorrhina passerinii, and it is pictured on Biodiversity Explorer as well as on Meloidae.com.  Finally, iSpot is a wonderful place to look up South African insects.  The horns indicate your individual is a male.

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