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Showing posts with label Scarabaeidae Pachnoda sinuate Garden Fruit Chafer beetle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scarabaeidae Pachnoda sinuate Garden Fruit Chafer beetle. Show all posts

Monday, September 2, 2013

Garden Fruit Chafer (Pachnoda sinuate)

Family Scarabaeidae
One has to be very careful when identifying there large Fruit Chafers as there are a few with the same colouration but all have different patterns and can vary from black to brown with the yellow.


Adults feed on flowers and fruit. They are found in most regions except the arid areas of the Cape.