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Northern Cockchafer

Melolontha hippocastani

Classification

Class
Insecta

The common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), also colloquially known as the Maybug, Maybeetle, or doodlebug, 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 Melolontha hippocastani (the forest cockchafer). The cockchafer develops via metamorphosis, in which the beetle undergoes stages of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 293Germany · 120United Kingdom · 51Belgium · 5FranceItalySpainSwitzerland