James Dunbar / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) nectaring on a thistle flower, England, UK, September.

Chris Mattison / African jewel beetle / Fruit chafer (Chlorocala africana camerunica) Captive, occurs in Africa.

Chris Mattison / African jewel beetle / Fruit chafer (Chlorocala africana camerunica) Captive, occurs in Africa. Image taken using digital focus-stacking.

Chris Mattison / African jewel beetle / Fruit chafer (Chlorocala africana camerunica) Captive, occurs in Africa.

Alex Hyde / Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Alex Hyde / Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Alex Hyde / Flower chafers (Hoplia argentea) feeding on pollen of an umbellifer. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Beetle (Tropinota sp.) pair mating, Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, France, May.

John Abbott / Green june beetle (Cotinis nitida) in flight Williamson County, Texas, USA Controlled conditions. October

Laurent Geslin / Fruit beetle (Pachnoda) on leaf, with African elephant (Loxonta africana) in distance, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Juergen Freund / Flower beetle (Cetoniinae) Australia.

Nick Upton / White-spotted rose beetles (Oxythyrea funesta) mating on Cretan oregano flowers (Origanum onites), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.