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chafer

Beetle of the family Scarabeidae. The adults eat foliage or flowers, and the underground larvae feed on roots, chiefly those of grasses and cereals, and can be very destructive. Examples are the cockchafer and the rose chafer Cetonia aurata, about 2 cm/0.8 in long and bright green.



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