Cockchafer
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The common cockchafer, known colloquially as the Maybug, Maybeetle, or doodlebug, among many other names, is a species of scarab beetle belonging to the genus Melolontha. It is native to Europe, and i
Hanneton commun ♀, Parc de Woluwé, Bruxelles
Detail of a male cockchafer, showing the seven leaflike extensions on each antenna
A female cockchafer showing its wingspan and six leaflike extensions on each antenna
A white brown-headed larva (grub) of the cockchafer as seen in its cocoon
Melolontha
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Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus.
Cockchafer
…melolontha), known colloquially as the Maybug, Maybeetle, or doodlebug, among many other names, is a species of scarab beetle belonging to the genus Melolontha. It is native to Europe, and it is also one of the several closely-related and morphologically similar species of Melolontha called cockchafers, alongside…
M. hippocastani