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Common cockchafer - Melolontha melolontha Zoete Waters. Belgium,Common cockchafer,Geotagged,Melolontha melolontha Click/tap to enlarge

Common cockchafer - Melolontha melolontha

Zoete Waters.

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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.

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Oct 22, 2023. Captured in Maurits Noëstraat 2, 3050 Oud-Heverlee, Belgium.