#Cockchafer

@robynnuthall.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy

4 months ago

Article from Country Life magazine, May 14 2025 by Agnes Stamp which references the book. Includes a close up of the cockchafer beetle showing antennae with fan structures on the end, about the same size as the face. Excerpt from the article: " It flies with a hum and bad steering, may clatter into almost anything, whereupon it often falls to the ground on its back, legs flailing. ....in a court at Avignon, France, in 1320, local may bugs were commanded to retire to a designated area on pain of death, an example of the bizarre medieval practice of animal trials."

OK, this is new to me, but only 706 years old news.... Medieval courts tried insects.

Thank you to the author of An Insect a Day, Dominic Couzens, and columnist Agnes Stamp....

#Cockchafer #AnimalTrials

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Pascal Frey

@pascal-frey.bsky.social

5 months ago

#GEFF-GFPF Field trip: #cockchafer damages on roots of many broadleaf trees

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Humanising Men

@humanisingmen.bsky.social

5 months ago

Tiny worm devastating farmers across Western Australia's south east Growers and scientists have teamed up in a bid to combat the rapidly increasing population of the voracious pest, which is devastating crops in WA's south-east.

Tiny worm devastating farmers across Western Australia's south east #cockchafer #waharvest #wagrainindustry

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Steve Randall

@thesteverandall.bsky.social

8 months ago

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9 months ago

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9 months ago

One a day tor 2025 #vambo365 148/365 … Common cockchafer (according to Google) - aka maybug, may beetle and doodlebug. Found crawling near the River Wharfe in Appletreewick. #cockchafer #doodlebug #appletreewick

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@monicapelger.bsky.social

10 months ago

I’m not one for the creepy crawlies, but when it’s the month of May you’re bound to find them in young oak trees. The English name is #cockchafer 😳, but I will call them May Beetle, which is also the translation of their Dutch name. #insects #maybeetle #insecten #meikever #nature

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Brian Condra (he/him)

@briancondra.bsky.social

10 months ago

#cockchafer #beatles #detail #bugs #wildlife #nature #beauty #macro #photography

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Jojo_Nandermo

@jojoyoghurtstarter.bsky.social

10 months ago

The common cockchafer ( Melolontha melolontha) , aka. maybug / maybeetle.
In Germany, it's called Maikäfer.

#cockchafer #commoncockchäfer #maybug #hobbyphotography #naturephotography #naturecontent #nature #beetles #bugs

[ALT: Two images of the same cockchafer, climbing up some grass]

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Beardedbirder

@beardedbirder.bsky.social

10 months ago

Cockchafer Beetle

Happy May!

#cockchafer #beetles #ukwildlife

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The Garden Jungle

@thegardenjungle.bsky.social

10 months ago

Always around this time of year for a very short period, large Beetles appear and sound like they are tapping on the windows at night. Managed to get a pic of one to share with you, it’s a Cockchafer Beetle, also known as a Maybug and is about an inch long #beetle #cockchafer #spring

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gizmo

@gizmotron.bsky.social

10 months ago

One of them just landed on his back on the window ledge, struggled for a bit, the rolled himself off into the garden below.

They really are berks. Terrifying, massive berks.

#cockchafer

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Helen

@helenld.bsky.social

10 months ago

close-up photo of a Maybug or cockchafer resting on a human thumb. The beetle is facing the camera, showing its distinctive fan-like antennae. Its body is covered in fine hairs. Background out of focus

Funky little guy #bugsky #Maybug #Melolontha #Cockchafer

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Simon Knott

@sjbknott.bsky.social

10 months ago

Melolontha melolontha

Melolontha melolontha today in Bengeo garden, always wonderful when these magnificent beetles appear. #Cockchafer #attractedtolight

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A. d’Anvers

@adanvers.bsky.social

10 months ago

weer eentje van de stoep naar een haag gebracht.
#meikever
#cockchafer

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FlashQuatsch 🇵🇪🔞 - COMMISSIONS CLOSED

@flashquatsch.bsky.social

1 year ago

(sorry, a day late)
Woo she's finished! Thumbelina fits Flash very well, they're both tiny, and they both get rizzed by bugs lmao.

My Linktree linktr.ee/flashquatsch

#art #oc #troll #trollsona #thumbelina #cockchafer

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🪲 Dr Racheal 🪲

@drracheal.bsky.social

1 year ago

A small stroll to the post office this morning and I happened upon this beauty on her back in front of a building and utterly out of juice. Taken her home for a jelly pot and a rose petal to boost her energy.
#entosky #cockchafer #Melolonthamelolontha

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