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

Heather Angel / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) feeding on Caucasian peony (Paeonia mlokosewitschii) pollen. Surrey, England, UK. May.

Heather Angel / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) feeding on Rock rose (Cistus x hybridus) pollen. Cuts in petals where chafer's legs were inserted to prevent it from falling off. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. June.

Heather Angel / Iridescent rose chafers (Cetonia aurata) feeding on Magnolia (magnolia sp), making the flower less attractive to pollinators. North Greece. July.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a European rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) taking off from an Umbellifer flower (Apiaceae) flowers, Germany, June.

Sue Daly / Rose chafer beetle (Cetonia aurata), Sark, Biritsh Channel Islands

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

Nick Upton / Great yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea ssp. symphyandra) flowering spikes on Mount Piva plateau (Pivska planina) with Rose chafers (Cetonia aurata) foraging on it, near Trsa, Montenegro, July.

Russell Cooper / Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) feeding from Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) South-west London. UK, March.

Russell Cooper / Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) feeding from Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) South-west London, May.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Rose chaffer (Cetonia aurata) Maine-et-Loire, France, August, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Rose chaffer (Cetonia aurata) Maine-et-Loire, France, August, meetyourneighbours.net project