John Abbott / Glorious scarab (Chrysina gloriosa) flying, Brewster County, Texas, USA. Controlled conditions. August

Stephen Dalton / Chafer beetle (Cetonia cuprea) on rose flower, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Metallic green chafer / Emerald fruit beetle (Protaetia / Cetonia cuprea) Close-up of head, Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) viewed from above, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Rosechafer (Cetonia aurata) on Dog rose (Rosa canina) flower, East Slovakia, Europe, June 2008

Piotr Naskrecki / Regal Fruit Chafer (Taurhina splendens), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

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.

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

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Goliath Beetle (Goliathus goliatus) and Chafer beetles, from Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects by J.O. Westwood, 1845

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) compsite, Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project

Floris van Breugel / Lined June Beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) close up, Mono Lake, California, USA July