Subject: Beetle South Africa?
Geographic location of the bug: Durban, South Africa
Date: 01/13/2018
Time: 02:28 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Dear bug people
It is mid summer here in Durban, South Africa and this little guy just landed on my patio. I am always keen to identify the creatures in my garden, from bugs to birds.
Hope to hear from you.
Many thanks.
How you want your letter signed: Kevin C
Flower Chafer
Dear Kevin,
This is a Scarab Beetle in the family Scarabaeidae, and we believe it is in the subfamily Cetoniinae, the Fruit and Flower Chafers, however we could not find a matching image on Beetles of Africa or on iSpot. Perhaps one of our readers will have better luck than we have had.
Update: Thanks to a comment from Cesar Crash, we believe this is a Flower Chafer, Porphyronota maculatissima, which is pictured on Flower Beetles and on BeetleSpace.
Thank you. Much appreciated for your time and feedback.
Regards
Kevin
I like This
Hi,
Check Porphyronota maculatissima: https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id312707/
and P. hebreae: https://southafricaninsects.wordpress.com/beetles-coleoptera/marbled-fruit-chafer-porphyronota-hebreae/
I preffer the first one.
Thanks Cesar. Much appreciated.