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The common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), also colloquially known as the Maybug, [1] [a] Maybeetle, [3] or doodlebug, [4] is a species of scarab beetle belonging to the genus Melolontha. It is native to Europe, and it is one of several closely-related and morphologically similar species of Melolontha called cockchafers, alongside ...
The following year, in late April to early May, the adult insects emerge from the soil and feed on tree foliage. About 2 weeks after emergence, oviposition flights are observed. Females land on the ground at dusk and burrow into the soil to lay eggs in clusters. The females prefer sandy soils because they facilitate the females' digging, allow ...
The red-headed cockchafer or red-headed pasture cockchafer (Adoryphorus couloni [1] [2] or Adoryphorus coulonii [3] [4]) is a species of Australian scarab beetle in the genus Adoryphorus. It is a pasture pest in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania. [ 1 ]
Common names for this genus and many other related genera in the subfamily Melolonthinae are May beetles, June bugs, and July beetles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They range in size from 12 to 35 mm (0.47 to 1.38 in) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and are blackish or reddish-brown in colour, without prominent markings, and often rather hairy ventrally.
Cockchafer is a common name for several species of plant eating scarab beetles regarded as agricultural pests. It is most commonly used for several European species of the genus Melolontha: The common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) The forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani) Other species referred to as cockchafers include:
Scarabiasis, or "beetle-disease", is a condition where beetles temporarily infest the digestive tract of other animals. It can also affect humans, and despite being a rare phenomenon, [ 1 ] it is the second most important insectal disease in humans after myiasis , which is caused by the larva of flies.
Amphimallon solstitiale, also known as the summer chafer or European june beetle, is a beetle similar to the cockchafer but much smaller, approximately 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in length. They are declining in numbers now, but where found they are often seen in large numbers.
Bed bugs can feed on warm-blooded animals other than humans, such as pets. The signs left by the bites are the same as in the case of people and cause identical symptoms (skin irritation, scratching etc.). [16] Bed bugs can infest poultry sheds and cause anemia and a decrease in egg production in hens. [17]