The rose chafer is a large, broad beetle found from May to October over most of southern and central Europe. It is native to woodland and grassland, often it feeds on flowers, particularly (dog) roses.
The rose chafer is a striking insect. It is metallic coppery-green with small, creamy-white streaks on its wing cases. Its upper side is, depending on lighting conditions, sometimes bronze, copper, violet, blue/black, or grey. It has a V-shaped scutellum on the back, where the wing cases meet.
Female rose chafers lay eggs underground and, once emerged, larvae continue to live and feed in decaying vegetation underground for one or two years. They pupate in autumn but do not appear until the following spring.