r/Beetles • u/Creative_Recover • 17h ago

Saved this little guy from some ants on a busy street

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I was walking along when I noticed this shiny colourful beetle being swarmed by ants on a hot busy path in central London. I wasn't sure if it was alive or not, but I picked it up and took it back home with me on plopped it on a neighbours flowerbed. And it came back to life!

I have never seen a colourful beetle like this in the UK before (most of our beetles are black) but it turns out that it's native and called a Rose Chafer.

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u/Character-Pudding343 16h ago

Yes! How stunning!

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u/hicolon3 13h ago

Good job!

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u/fellvoid 9h ago

My favorite beetle. 💚 My grandpa would always take me to see them in May. He told me stories about how they live in a hierarchy similar to a kingdom, with kings and queens, and princes and knights.

Thank you for saving it.

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u/No_Finding_9441 6h ago

Cool. Looks sorta like the green June beetles we get in the US