The common cockchafer, known colloquially as the maybug, maybeetle or doodlebug among other names, is a species of scarab beetle in the genus Melolontha, native to Europe. It is one of several closely related and similar-looking Melolontha species called cockchafers, alongside Melolontha hippocastani, which shares sexual dimorphism, mating behavior and physical features such as lamellae count but is a historically divergent species from the common cockchafer. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Relationship to PeopleAgricultural or Structural Pest 1 Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Cockchafer
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Switzerland, found in there.
Sources
1. Cockchafer (Wikipedia)
Lead sectionQuote, Lead section
The males usually swarm during the mating season while the females stay put and feed on leaves.
2. Wikipedia: Cockchafer
3. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Melolontha melolontha
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 4990995, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 4990995, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Cockchafer
Child Taxon Of: Scarabaeidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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