Stefan F. Wirth<p>The <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/whitespotted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitespotted</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/rosebeetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rosebeetle</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Oxythyrea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oxythyrea</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/funesta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funesta</span></a> (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Cetoniinae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cetoniinae</span></a>) is a warmth-loving <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mediterranean</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a>, which was originally found only sporadically in southern Germany, but has now expanded its range to northern <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, apparently due to <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalwarming</span></a>. <br> H. Hoffmann et al. (2021) examined the occurrence and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/spread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spread</span></a> of O. funesta as a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/citizensciencestudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizensciencestudy</span></a>.<br><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a></p><p>© <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StefanFWirth</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a> 2025</p><p>Reference </p><p>H. Hoffmann et al.(2021):<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.71.1.137-146" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entom</span><span class="invisible">ol.71.1.137-146</span></a></p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photos</span></a></p><p>© S.F. Wirth 2025</p>