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Common cockchafer - Melolontha melolontha We found it in our town and released it in the skirts of our neighbor Meerdaalbos. In Nederlands it is called meikever (May Beetle). Belgium,Common cockchafer,Geotagged,Melolontha melolontha,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Common cockchafer - Melolontha melolontha

We found it in our town and released it in the skirts of our neighbor Meerdaalbos. In Nederlands it is called meikever (May Beetle).

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The Common cockchafer

The cockchafer, colloquially called May bug or doodlebug, is a European beetle of the genus Melolontha, in the family Melolonthidae. Some authors would place the Melolonthidae as a subfamily Melolonthinae of the family Scarabaeidae.

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Uploaded Jan 15, 2022. Captured May 13, 2013 19:35 in RM3C+CV Oud-Heverlee, Belgium.
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  • SP-820UZ
  • f/3.7
  • 10/600s
  • ISO80
  • 5.7mm