Rose Chafer
The Rose Chafer beetle glistens like a living emerald in European gardens. Its metallic green body sometimes shows copper or gold highlights depending on how light hits its shell. Despite their beauty, gardeners often view them as pests because they feed on roses and other flowers. They spend their larval stage underground eating plant roots. The adult beetles emerge in summer to feed, mate, and add flashes of jewel-toned color to garden landscapes.