Flower chafer Coloring Pages

A shiny metal-like beetle that gathers around flowers

Flower chafer is a member of the scarab beetle family. Just like its name says, it is a daytime insect that gathers around flowers to eat pollen and nectar. Many types are famous for their beautiful shiny metal colors.

What traits and meanings does it have?

Flower chafer is an insect that stands for beauty, transformation, and gifts from nature.

• Where the name comes from: Its Japanese name comes from the words for "flower" and "to dive into."
• Complete transformation: It goes through complete transformation by hatching from an egg into a grub, becoming a pupa, and then growing into an adult. The grubs grow up by eating leaf mold and rotten wood.
• Beautiful wings: Depending on the type, it can be green, bronze, blue, or gold. It has many shiny metal colors and is sometimes called a gem of the natural world.
• Good at flying: Flower chafer is great at flying by taking out only its back wings without opening its hard front wings.

Types of Flower chafer

There are more than 30 types of Flower chafer in Japan.

• White-spotted Flower chafer: A common Flower chafer with a dark body covered in white spots.
• Green Flower chafer: A Flower chafer with a beautiful, bright green shiny body.

When and where can you find it?

• Best time to see it: You can see it mostly from spring to autumn.
• Where it lives: It gathers in flower gardens, grassy spots, and the edges of woods where it can find flowers and tree sap.

How to Choose Colors: Use Metallic Colors Like a Gem!

When you color the Flower chafer, try to show off its beautiful metallic shine and bright colors.

• Basic Colors: Focus on choosing green, blue, copper (brown and orange), gold (yellow), and black (for patterns).

Colors for Each Part:

• Body Color: Start by using bright green or blue for the base. Don't just use one color! Layering green over blue will give it a shiny look.
• Shine: The Flower chafer has a smooth and slippery body. If you draw a white line or use bright light blue right in the middle of where the light hits, it will look like shiny metal!
• Patterns: If you color a white-spotted Flower chafer, use black for the base and draw the white spots clearly.
• Legs and Antennae: Use black or dark brown to color the legs and antennae thin and neat. This makes it look super cool!

How to Make It Look 3D: Show Off the Curves and Sparkle!

To show its round body and shiny finish, think about the "shadows" and "lights." Places with shadows:

• Add shadows to places where light doesn't hit, like the underside of the body, under the head, and where the legs attach. Use a color darker than your main color (like dark green or black) to show the roundness of the body.

Places where light hits:

• Color the places where light hits, like the middle of its back or the top of its head, with bright green or yellow. It will sparkle just like a gem!

Let's Add Texture!

Colored Pencils: If you color smoothly and evenly, it will look shiny and metallic. How to color: After using a dark color, gently rub over the surface with a white colored pencil. This creates a cool metallic shine!

Tips for Enjoying Your Coloring Page!

• Diving into Flowers!
  • Color colorful flowers like red, yellow, and pink around the Flower chafer. Imagine it diving into a flower to drink sweet nectar!
• Sparkly Gem!
  • Try using gold colors with your colored pencils or crayons to make the most sparkly Flower chafer ever!