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InsectLCLeast Concern

Cockchafer

Melolontha melolontha

About

The cockchafer or maybug is a large, bumbling beetle that emerges in May and blunders noisily around at dusk. Its larvae can take three to four years to develop in the soil.

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Quick Facts

Category
Insect
Latin name
Melolontha melolontha
IUCN Status
LC — Least Concern
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Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.