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

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

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

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

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 / 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.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rose Chafer beetle (Cetonia aurata) on rose flower, Torrealfina, Orvieto, Italy, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rose Chafer beetles (Cetonia aurata) mating on rose flower, Torrealfina, Orvieto, Italy, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rose Chafer beetle (Cetonia aurata) feeding on rose flower pollen, Torrealfina, Orvieto, Italy, May

Adrian Davies / Flower chafer beetle (Oxythyrea funesta) feeding ona Grey-leaved cistus (Cistus albidus) flower, Majorca, Spain, April.

Nick Upton / Flower chafer (Hoplia argentea) feeding on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July