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Cockchafer or May bug Found in my garden early this morning. Poor thing had some hair wrapped around it's legs (I think it was mine!). So, gently teased it off and it was on it's way. A first for me, so thrilled! Coleoptera,Common cockchafer,Geotagged,Melolontha melolontha,Spring,United Kingdom,beetles,insects,isle of wight Click/tap to enlarge

Cockchafer or May bug

Found in my garden early this morning. Poor thing had some hair wrapped around it's legs (I think it was mine!). So, gently teased it off and it was on it's way. A first for me, so thrilled!

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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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Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Jun 15, 2020. Captured Jun 15, 2020 05:00 in 53 Perowne Way, Sandown PO36 9BX, UK.
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  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/22.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm