Length: 14-24.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	(2 Years)	?	May - September (Earliest: 20.5)

Attractant Chemicals
Monoterpenoids	Geraniol
Phenolics	Anethole, Methyl Eugenol, Phenylethanol

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows	Gardens
Food: (Larva)	Formica polyctena Wastes	Compost
Food: (Adult)	Several Asteraceae Pollen, Flowers	Angelica sylvestris Pollen	Rosa canina Pollen, Flower	Crataegus Pollen, Flower
	Sambucus nigra Pollen, Flower

UK Beetles: Protaetia cuprea
Insektenbox: Kupfer-Rosenkäfer

Pictures © 2003, 2004 J.K. Lindsey

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