#green rose chafers

[maxwellsuperbien]

Thoughts about coming back and green rose chafers

I think what I like on this website is that it's mostly focused on picture sharing and the tag system isn't as horrendous as Instagram or Twitter.

I like the ability of posting something without any description and just tags. I like that people here are ready to read your ramblings, the webdesign is a lot more calming.

I also much prefer typing and posting here than on other websites. Anyways, here's a few pictures for the day :)

Those green rose chafers (Cetonia aurata) were all over that hawthorn. They love the stuff, it's like they're drugged out of their mind. Chafers rubbing their faces inside the flowers and all.

The smell of hawthorns is really overpowering though, in a very oily, sticky and up your nose way. Guess that's how they get pollinated but the smell is so strong that it makes me tear up a bit. I don't know what species of hawthorn that was but I know it was one from the scent. Wish I went on INaturalist or Plantnet to check but it's too late.

Those pictures date back to this april. Now the bush has been destroyed along with the thistles, nettles and other wild plants. It was kinda sad for me because I wanted to show my friend how many beetles there was. Now I'm not as mad because the place is free for other plants to grow since the town left it free.

I like the pictures where they're reaching for the other flowers, those are pretty fun.

I also got a spicy picture.

Duh ! Gotta make sure to reproduce !

They walk over each other to reach other delicious flowers.

Ah ! Refreshing !

[freakyll]

My favourite beetle! It's been literally years since the last time I saw one (other than a couple times where one flew past me at high speed).

It's rose chafer or Cetonia aurata and I just love their iridescent green color. That bright metallic shine just pulls you in.

It was accompanied by a small yellow beetle when I found it, but I don't know what it is yet.

Lviv 2024-06-26

📷Smasnug Galaxy M21

[haikuckuck]

Rip! Rose chafer

[serozvero]

A small figure of a toad. The master model is made of sculptural clay, molded from polyurethane and painted with acrylic + two-tone glitter It looks like a green rose chafer x))

[elbdot]

TODAY I BRING YOU bug

Cetonia aurata to be exact, one of my favorites 😌🪲 Also known as the Green Rose chafer! I'm doing a little series of animals that can be found in our neighborhood! ;w;

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[dracurio]

Green rose chafer (Cetonia aurata)

[loverofdeathx]

Grasshopper: It is rose chafer! It is green like emerald and...

[a-silly-alterhuman]

long needed intro post!!!

sooo idk how to make one so ill try!! i am a trans masc/boyflux who is unlabeled and aceflux! if your close/a mutual i am ok with JOKE flirting please do not truly hit on me or signify anything 18+ or nsfw as i am a minor and do not feel comfortale with all that. if you a blog thats primarly nsfw or 18+ you can like and stuff but dont follow preferably! i am a therian, otherkin, funlink, and otherhearted (also a furry) my kintypes go as followed : theriotypes : deer, border collie, german shepherd wolfdog, deer, and pyroraptor!! heartypes : andro selkie, green rose chafer beetle otherkintypes : forest angel/stone angel funlinks : fluttershy and princess luna (both from mlp)

pronouns : he/they/it/xe (and rlly any xenos just nothin fem pref) im an age regressor and a suspected system (osdd-1b and self confirmed waiting on therapist.) i usually call myself a dog boy lol. i love interacting with my mutuals to!! im open to art trades for everyone (no 18+ or nsfw tho) just ask and we can do it! im pretty akward usually tho and have anxiety so its hard for me to keep a conversation! I am hellenic/pagan to! tell me/ask me if u want to know anything else! DNI : pedos, zoos, anti-recovery, pro-israel (i stand with palestine 101%), anti-xenogenders/xenopronouns/neopronouns, rcta, ddlg, ageplay, k!nk, endos (im kinda neutral on yall but i dont like yall), terfs, proship, ableist,transid, and the basics that i forgot!

(ALSO ENDO NEUTRALS YOU CAN STILL INTERACT I DONT MIND JUST PRO ENDOS OR ENDO SYSTEMS DNI!!)

(website is blinkie maker btw!!)

[drafthearse]

Cetonia aurata, known as the rose chafer, or more rarely as the green rose chafer, is a beetle, 20 mm (¾ in) long, that has metallic green coloration (but can be bronze, copper, violet, blue/black or grey) with a distinct V shaped scutellum, the small triangular area between the wing cases just below the thorax, and having several other irregular small white lines and marks. The underside is a coppery colour. This is a compilation of multiple images showing a take-off.

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[dansnaturepictures]

Six of my favourite photos I took in June 2023 and month summary 

The photos are of: Red Squirrel at Newborough Forest, Anglesey, Stonechat at RSPB Valley Wetlands in Anglesey, evening view at Cemaes on Anglesey, Lulworth Skipper at Durlston in Dorset, evening view at Lakeside Country Park, Hampshire and pyramidal orchids at Durlston. 

I often say things about June being the or a key month of the year as since I left education we’ve had a wildlife holiday in all but two Junes (one of them was 2020 when we had to postpone a holiday until 2021 due to the pandemic and still had a week off of day trips) which often contains some of our best experiences of a year and everything wildlife wise at home is packed and in terms of insects and flowers especially going at quite a pace into summer. This June was no exception, and was a phenomenal month. Starting with birds where I had a fantastic birdwatching month, with a few more species seen for the first time this year putting my year list into an unbelievable position with Sunday’s Pig Bush Spotted Flycatcher sighting taking my year list to 207 to make it my highest ever. There were some incredible species seen this month, from Arctic Tern, Manx Shearwater, Chough, Black Guillemot and Little Ringed Plover key birds of the amazing holiday on Anglesey and wider north Wales, to Peregrine at Winchester Cathedral and Durlston and Great Crested Grebes at Lakeside excitedly seeing chicks for both this month. Jay, Common Guillemot, Razorbill and Puffin and Marsh and Hen Harrier were other key birds this month. It was a brilliant month of mammals, headlined by the exquisite experiences seeing the Red Squirrel to ensure I’ve seen them in England, Scotland and Wales this year and also Grey Seals amazingly on a boat trip around Puffin Island on Anglesey. 

It was a blissful month of butterflies as we sailed into summer, I was amazed to see species such as Meadow Brown and Large Skipper firstly at Lakeside, Silver-studded Blue, Common Grayling, Dark Green Fritillary and Ringlet firstly in the amazing set we saw in North Wales, Small Skipper, Essex Skipper, the Lulworth Skippers, Gatekeeper, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary with Small Copper and lots of Red Admiral other highlights. I am in a strong place in my butterfly year compared to my other years. Silver Y, enigmatic Hummingbird hawk-moths, the emergence of both Five-spot Burnet and Six-spot Burnet into my year and new ones for me like Brown Silver-line, Rosy Wave, Large Yellow Underwing and Garden Grass Veneer as well as Straw Dot seen were key species of a strong moth month.

It was a dazzling month of dragonflies and damselflies with so many seen. Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Emperor, Southern Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer and Broad-bodied Chaser were strong dragonflies to observe, with Azure Damselfly which I’m having a great year for, Beautiful Demoiselle, Blue-tailed Damselfly and Common Blue Damselfly fascinating and stunning damsels to enjoy. It was a great month for other insects with Swollen-thighed beetle dominating the month with loads seen probably more than I have before this year. Great Green Bush-cricket, Rose Chafer beetle, Chrysomela populi beetle and Black-spotted Longhorn beetle were other creatures I was so fascinated and thrilled to see and for many learn.

June was a fabulous month of flowers too of course as I was captivated by orchids seeing the pyramidals, bee orchids a flower I love so much, and marsh orchids including early marsh orchid. Marsh helleborine, self-heal, argimony, English stonecrop, sheep’s-bit, marsh cinquefoil, yellow-horned poppy, meadow crane’s-bill, bird’s-foot trefoil, red campion, foxgloves, yellow rattle, chamomile, pineappleweed, yellow iris, thrift, knapweed, thistle, mallow and oxeye daisy were other key flowers seen with the flowers seen at Lakeside regularly and big times in the year for flowers in Anglesey and Durlston sticking in the mind. Finally it was a great month for just enjoying being outdoors and seeing the outdoors in so much bright sunshine, I took in many breathtaking views at many wonderful places enjoying summery sunsets, sun going down scenes and the moon. Have a nice July all. 

[culminate-moved]

🪲 :-]

You are a: FIDDLER BEETLE! (Eupoecila australasiae) (also know as rose chafers... so cute name :3 also their markings can be green OR yellow!!!!)

They are found in eastern and southern Australia! (Not a surprise with their scientific name)

[twistednuns]

June 2024

A lovely evening with a few Burners at Kanako's new place. I loved the unreal garden with all the old bird houses and huge hemp plants. And her marbled wallpaper circle in the kitchen. I connected with Alex&Alex, Uli and Anna-Maria. Afterwards I went to Filzhof and spent a lovely evening with C.

Sunday was even nicer. In a long conversation about our issues, C. recommended project-based thinking for me to override my tendency to search for "the one and only", the perfect thing for me I want to keep doing forever. It really helped me.

I made a delicious curry in the new wok that C. gave me for my birthday.

A bountiful mushroom harvest.

Juicing every. Single. Morning. I love getting all the nutrients in that way! And I'm thinking about buying a slow juicer. Right now I'm using C.'s regular one and it gets the job done quickly but it's also loud and I don't think it's able to crack open the plant cells properly. I'll have to do some research.

However, I suddenly manage to eat an 80% vegan, sugar-free-ish diet and avoid processed food, especially carbs. Hardly any coffee. The other day I bit into a milk chocolate bar and had to spit it out immediately because my body activelty resisted it. What a miraculous change.

Starting an activity log. Trying to get some movement in every day. I started swimming and biking more often and meditated daily for a while. Why is this so hard to keep up?

Reading more. Discovering Unica Zürn (one of K. Schleinkofer's quotes for me was taken from her poetry).

The neighbours' lush raspberry bushes. Unfortunately they've put up a fence around them. My alternative: buying blackberries. They remind me of the summer holidays since we had a hedge in our garden and the berries would start to ripen in late summer.

An amazing back crack in yoga class when I was slowly coming out of plough pose. The other day I felt little currents in my back during an asana and was reminded of Bastien's healing story. Interesting.

Podcasts: Academy of Ideas and metaphysical gravity.

New lamps: one with marble and one with heavy glass and wood. Expensive but so worth it.

The sunlight hitting the structured surface of the paper I was writing on. Like a tiny shadow landscape.

Using essential oils before sitting down for meditation. I've enjoyed the Joe Dispenza morning/evening meditations recently.

Finding two issues of Visionen magazine on my way to school one morning.

An emotional flash of memories triggered by the smell of a candy wristband.

Picking up Katharina on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Getting a tour of her apartment. Noticing that a squirrel was sleeping in the bird house on her balcony! A lovely conversation during the drive to Filzhof. Realizing that she was the one who had the idea that C. and I might be good together. Baking a cake with her.

Sunday coworking with C., unearthing old flash games (but I paid the price for that because it reactivated my addiction to Blooming Gardens - it kept me from doing my work for the two following weeks); cooking for him (delicious coconut curry). Romantic: watching the the thunderstorm together loving, coco curry, Susi und strolch moment mit chips

The vintage furniture showroom on my way to school.

Dinner with Becky. Relating so much, as usual.

Thinking about C.G.Jung's musings on synchronicity and the anecdote of the scarab hitting his window pane while his patient was talking about the one she'd seen in her dream. That week I found a lot of these rose chafer beetles around my apartment and even drew one in my journal. The best part: giving it a shiny shell by applying some metallic green and gold eyeshadow on the paper.

Attending the opening of Karl Schleinkofer's exhibition at Odeonsplatz. I met Benni, Steffi and Lisa (who I haven't seen in a decade). Even our old professor Mr. Glas showed up and was so happy to see us. I remembered how eerily quiet Karl is. But I was really inspired by his work and texts and even got one of his catalogues to take home. Interesting: I discovered that the art market seems like a parallel world to me. I know it exists but I don't know my way around it. But found it so interesting to see the gallery, right next to Sotheby's for all that matters. I'd love to attend an art auction one day. AND learned that there is going to be a fantastic exhibition on Surrealism at Centre Pompidou in September. Weekend trip!

I've been journalling so much lately. Scrapbooking, really. Cutting up Sotheby's catalogues. It's like my little art collection.

Buying slender, pointy cutlery. I love using it.

Paying compliments to others. You're really lifting up your own mood, too!

Eating outside without any distraction.

Big salads, seed bread with roasted onions, bananas with sea salt and Monki tahin.

Swimming to de-stress. Even taking a scooter to the bath to get into the water sooner. Using my new apple shampoo; showering as long as I want to. Using all the water without shame. Noticing that I don't have issues with showering naked in public anymore.

Introducing the will-future by showing up as Madame Esmeralda again. My students had fun reading each other's fortunes!

The new gym near my house has planted wild flowers around the building instead of boring grass!

Erfurt: the guy who came after me with the water bottle I'd forgotten on the train - and the man who told the cashier I'd been there first!

Meeting a bunch of friends from my Hero's Journey seminar in Jena. Making a big batch of curry for everyone. At first it was a little weird but we got close to each other again in no time. I loved squeezing into the carousel on the playground together. A massage from Iko and Ludwig holding me through the Birds&Bees exercise. I was so lucky to get into a group with Simon and Ralf in the evening - we were so loving and playful with each other. The next day, I had a good conversation with Henrike (about my esoteric tendencies and that she thinks the world will change soon). And I found a great vintage colouring book on my way to the train station!

Making two designs for the Micro Burn wristbands on the train. I actually liked them.

Letting C. pick me up from the train station. Not going home that night.

An interesting research session with Ash. She threw in a little Q&A with her spirit guides and apparently my mum had a lot to say...

Babysitting Lian: going swimming together, playing in the water; grocery shopping, making pancakes for him. Chasing a hedgehog in the morning.

Making a project book for C.' Writing some heartfelt quotes on the first page.

Having some profound insights. Using therapy to sum them up and gain clarity (my therapist agreed with all of my observations and conclusions). It feels like I'm becoming someone new: more aligned with my essence. Closer to my true self. Getting to know myself better, finding out who I truly am on the inside. / I felt so emotional for hours after my last Somatic Experiencing and Craniosacral session with Elena. I felt sadness and cried on my way home, but also gratitude: for all the good things in my life, for C. (who is so good for my emotions, body, soul - not that stimulating for my mind, perhaps; but that's ok - my mind is my strength, I can take care of that myself). Something is shifting. I can honour the process I'm in. / I'm also slowly coming to terms with my changing friendships. I'm not trying to force it anymore. I like the van analogy I heard about a few days ago: that you're driving a van and some people move to the backseat after a while. They're still inside but you'll want someone new and more aligned with you on the passenger seat.

A beautiful drive to Midsomar Festival, listening to Marie's playlist. Attending the WUT collective workshops - realising I have something to say, and it's usually even thoughtful or funny; and that my superpower is critical thinking - I'll always find the error in a system. Talking to Kathi, Marah and Julia. About polyamory, our own tendencies, communal living. More: the cheeky cat logo of a beverage brand. And the DJ who played an awesome Sledgehammer remix.

Tanja's birthday party. Putting glitter on people's third eyes. Talking to Anneliese, the farmer who lives next door. The kids' fantastic soap bubble gun. Dancing. Putting my head on C.'s lap when I got tired. He even removed my hair clips for me.

Apnoe diving training with Uli. Meditating together during sunset. My makeshift weight belt. Working on this year's Playspace Bingo together. Long hugs.

My students writing naughty romance stories for me.

Learning about my birth tarot cards: Beyond Illusion/Judgement, and Inner Voice/High Priestess.

The Sing and Connect event with the Gospel'n'Soul choir. I was so emotional and started crying when they sang Lift Up Your Voices. C. was there for me. We watched the heavy thunderstorms from the car right before the rain hit. Cozy.

Watching Midsommar with C. I loved how open he was about being a little afraid when watching horror movies.

Finally selling my last pair of DocMartens boots.

Getting the intern to teach my English class. Mentoring her a little.

Picking up feathers everywhere I go.

Naps, resting. Lying under sun-warmed blanket.

A little love note from C. telling me that despite his crazy days at Fusion he sometimes thinks of me, smiles, and is looking forward to seeing me!

Wearing a red dress. Really feeling this colour right now. I've been happy with my outfits in general in the last few days: an apple green, short-sleeved sweater with my patterned black and white palazzo pants, wearing my mushroom dad shirt: and the manta ray blouse from Mexico with a relaxed blazer.

Eating pistachio ice-cream with Lena during her lunch break. Her late birthday gift for me: a copy of Girl, Interrupted and a gift voucher for the Munich Readery.

Observing my perfectionism and reactivity. Journalling about it.

Going to school by car to avoid taking subway (it's becoming harder and harder for me).

Writing the solutions for the Art exams. Actually having fun with it. But also: Getting it over with.

Shadows on my wall: the sparks, twigs from my plants, nice composition

Doris messaged me and asked me if I still wanted contact with her after all these months. We met on the last day of June. I loved how open she was and I'm happy that she is finally admitting to herself that she needs help.

Practicing my first headstand of the month. Ahem.

Ordering the Hilma af Klint altarpiece as a large canvas print for C. Surprise! I'm planning on building a shadow frame for it.

Picking a bunch of gorgeous yellow flowers and twigs with red berries on my walk through the forest with Do.

Taking my feelings seriously, writing about them. I have such a tenacious block around the wristband design which made me explore my perfectionism and tendencies to procrastinate hard things. I was so desperate, I even tried self-hypnosis.

Planning to start a Women's Circle once Celia is back in Munich.

[bullgirldick]

Got a visit from a Grøn Guldbasse (green rose chafer, Cetonia aurata)

[haikuckuck]

Found a died rose chafer ,but is shiny yet.

[toby-jester-emoji]

I didn't see this until now gsjsdnsh but oh well. (Hopefully) Good things take time :3

For your troubles

Take one of the Jester's wares!

Also gonna tag a few moots and friends :3

@tepli-mravenci @duch-z-bramboroveho-pytle @green-tea-crow @delusion-incarnate1369

And anyone else who wants in

Trinket tag game

tag game: pick stuff from your room and have people vote on which one they want to take home.

@just-prime tagged me (and maybe someone else a few days ago but I forgot, sorry)

okay, let's see what I have to offer...

I'm tagging @moorishflower, @potato-lord-but-not, @amielot and @karalynlovescake, no pressure of course ^^

[projectourworld]

Few UK bugs are more exotic than the noble chafer beetle, Gnorimus nobilis. It is currently emerging from the larval stage after three years of chewing the decaying wood of old fruit trees. The adult is a shiny metallic green speckled with white and is 2cm long. When the light strikes it, the beetle appears iridescent and can flash copper and gold. It spends the next six weeks of summer feeding on elderflower, hogweed and meadowsweet. Like so many once-common species, it is the destruction of formerly numerous old orchards, the habitat its larva need to thrive, that have led to its decline. It is mainly found in Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, but also recorded in the New Forest, Oxfordshire and Kent, although it may survive elsewhere. It can be confused with the more common rose chafer, which is a similar colour but has smooth wing cases while the noble chafer’s are wrinkled. Source ; the Guardian