For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Fruit Chafer (Anisorrhina sternalis)
Family Scarabaeidae
Like all Fruit Chafers, these feed on flowers and fruit.
It is a large beetle, about
5cm (1”) in length.
Fruit chafer larvae feed up to 3 years underground before development.
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