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Showing posts with label HAIRY ROSE BEETLE (Tropinota squalida). Show all posts
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Saturday, 24 February 2024

18-2-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - HAIRY ROSE BEETLE (Tropinota squalida)

Tropinota squalida is a species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.

These beetles are mainly found in France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Spain, in the Near East and in North Africa.

Larvae feed on roots, while the adults can be encountered from May through July feeding on flowers. They are 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) long.

Head, scutellum and elytra are dark-brown, with a thick and long tawny hair on elytra and abdomen. Elytra show two series of white spots on the sides of the central hull. Scutellun is rounded and hairy, but glabrous in the posterior. The fifth humeral slot is bifurcated.


Friday, 9 March 2018

9-3-2018 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - HAIRY ROSE BEETLE (Tropinota squalida)


The Hairy Rose Beetle (Tropinota hirta) is much smaller than its golden-rose relative, but can also be found in parks and gardens. The beetles fly from April to June and grow between 8 and 11 millimetres long.

The Hairy Rose Beetle likes to visit yellow flowering plants. It eats the pollen.


Tropinota squalida is a species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.

These beetles are mainly found in France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Spain, in the Near East and in North Africa.

Flat grey brown thick haired beetle with white dots on the ribbed shield. The hairs seem to grow from below the shield. 

Likes to feed on roses and therefore considered a pest. Larvae eat the roots and adults the flowers.


Subspecies
Tropinota squalida canariensis Lindberg, 1950
Tropinota squalida squalida (Scopoli, 1783)
Tropinota squalida pilosa Brullé, 1832


Larvae feed on roots, while the adults can be encountered from May through July feeding on flowers. They are 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) long.

Head, scutellum and elytra are dark-brown, with a thick and long tawny hair on elytra and abdomen. Elytra show two series of white spots on the sides of the central hull. Scutellun is rounded and hairy, but glabrous in the posterior. The fifth humeral slot is bifurcated.