noun
flower chafer; flower beetle (tribe Cetoniini)
General term for any beetle in the tribe Cetoniini, often seen on flowers.
庭のバラにハナムグリが来ていた。
A flower chafer was visiting the roses in the garden.
ハナムグリの一種、Eucetonia pilifera は日本でも見られる。
Eucetonia pilifera, a type of flower chafer, can be found in Japan.
カナブン is a common name for a similar-looking beetle (Rhomborrhina japonica) also in Cetoniini, but often distinguished from ハナムグリ in everyday language.
Compound of 花 (hana, 'flower') and 潜り (muguri, 'diving, hiding'), from the way these beetles often burrow into flowers.