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Melolontha melolontha Arthropods,Beetles,Common cockchafer,Insects,Larvae,Macro,Melolontha melolontha Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Melolontha melolontha

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Cool find, Lars! Did you have to do some digging for this? Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Lars Korb's profile
      Lars Korb
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      Not really Ferdy - I had to remove some moss from our lawn and they've been right under that. There have been quite a lot of them :) And yes, I put it back where it belongs - into the soil.
       Posted 5 years ago

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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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Species identified by Lars Korb
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