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Chafer Collection

Background imageChafer Collection: Chrysina limbata, silver chafer beetle

Chrysina limbata, silver chafer beetle
Silver chafer beetle specimen. The beetles have a base pigment covered by several colourless microscopically thin layers called laminae

Background imageChafer Collection: Rove and chafer beetles

Rove and chafer beetles
Lampyris beetle, rove beetle, Staphylinus erythropterus 2, Staphylinus species 3, Ampedus sanguineus 4, Silpha pedemonta 5, Temnoscheila virescens 6, and rose chafer, Cetonia aurata 7

Background imageChafer Collection: Ground beetle, scarab and cockchafer

Ground beetle, scarab and cockchafer
Dytiscus bimaculatus 1, scarab 2, cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha 3, Cantharis beetle 4, Carabus sexpunciatus 5 and Omophron limbatum 6

Background imageChafer Collection: Marsh beetle, jewel beetle, rose chafer, etc

Marsh beetle, jewel beetle, rose chafer, etc
Marsh beetle, Elodes 1, Harpalus beetle 2, jewel beetle, Buprestis 3, flea beetle, Altica famelica 4, and rose chafer, Cetonia species 5

Background imageChafer Collection: Calligraphic title and vignette of beehive with bees

Calligraphic title and vignette of beehive with bees
Title page with calligraphic title and vignette of beehive with bees. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Les Insectes, The Insects, Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Background imageChafer Collection: Long-armed chafer beetle, Euchirus longimanus

Long-armed chafer beetle, Euchirus longimanus (Long-armed beetle, Scarabaeus longimanus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageChafer Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 374

Curtis British Entomology Plate 374
Coleoptera: Cetonia stictica (Spotted Chafer. A Mainland-European species) [Plant: Rosa canina (Dog Rose)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageChafer Collection: Dicronorhina sp. rose chafer beetle

Dicronorhina sp. rose chafer beetle
A rose chafer beetle from Africa from the family Scarabaeidae; Cetoniinae. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles

Background imageChafer Collection: Anomala sp. chafer beetle

Anomala sp. chafer beetle
A shining leaf chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. These beetles feed on leaves, flowers, or flower parts

Background imageChafer Collection: Noble Chafer

Noble Chafer

Background imageChafer Collection: Picture No. 11024243

Picture No. 11024243
Egyptian art. Beetle-shaped amulet symbol of Khepri, god of sunrise

Background imageChafer Collection: Flower chafer (scarab beetle), Dicronorrhina micans

Flower chafer (scarab beetle), Dicronorrhina micans.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Background imageChafer Collection: Forest COCKCHAFER / May beetle - rests on a birch

Forest COCKCHAFER / May beetle - rests on a birch branch during breeding mass flight in dusk (Melolontha hippocastani). Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; Spring (June)

Background imageChafer Collection: Euselates sp. rose chafer beetle

Euselates sp. rose chafer beetle
A colourful rose chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles

Background imageChafer Collection: Cetoniinae sp. rose chafer beetle

Cetoniinae sp. rose chafer beetle
A rose chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles


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