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21-05-2010, 05:18 PM
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| | | Cockchafer
After reading cowgirls post I though I would show you a couple of images I took yesterday. It was in my crab apple tree. Took it down for a few shots then put him back in the tree.
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24-05-2010, 01:12 PM
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| | | Re: Cockchafer
Good photos.
How long do they live?
The one I rescued a few days ago, I found dead on the drive yesterday 
(assuming it was the same one). |
24-05-2010, 01:24 PM
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| | | Re: Cockchafer
Nice pics. We used to call the "June Bugs" as they always appeared in June.
When I was child they would come into my room (and bed) if I kept the light on in June. As a 5 year old I found them a bit scary.
The adults feed on Oak leaves and the lavae eat roots.
I believe that these are much less common now than they used to be. |
24-05-2010, 01:31 PM
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| | | Re: Cockchafer
Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdave60dog  Nice pics. We used to call the "June Bugs" as they always appeared in June.
When I was child they would come into my room (and bed) if I kept the light on in June. As a 5 year old I found them a bit scary.
The adults feed on Oak leaves and the lavae eat roots.
I believe that these are much less common now than they used to be. | That's interesting - we called them May bugs 'cos that's when we used to see them - having said that, haven't seen one yet this year! |
24-05-2010, 10:23 PM
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| | | Re: Cockchafer
The only thing I know about them is that they are quite often found in moth traps.
Dai |
24-05-2010, 11:22 PM
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| | | Re: Cockchafer
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Originally Posted by Ladywell That's interesting - we called them May bugs 'cos that's when we used to see them - having said that, haven't seen one yet this year! | Maybug is the commonly used alternative name, never heard them refered to as june bug before. |
24-05-2010, 11:28 PM
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| | | Re: Cockchafer
Most definitely known as May Bugs 
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25-05-2010, 11:43 AM
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| | | Re: Cockchafer
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Originally Posted by Dutchess Most definitely known as May Bugs | You guys are intense aren`t you? I was not asking what anyone eles calls them I was merely saying -out of interest what WE called them in the fifties.
Dave |
25-05-2010, 02:34 PM
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| |  Re: Cockchafer
And so was I!! |
25-05-2010, 03:09 PM
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| | | Re: Cockchafer
hi , my friends and i were in shrewsbury yesterday and enjoying exploring the history . we had lunch in quarry gardens and it was there i found the biggest beetle i`d ever seen! it was brown with prickly legs and at the end of its antennae it was feathered! beautiful! the gardeners didnt know what it was so i put it safely in the bushes behind the seat were on . today i found what it was in my I-SPY Insects book --a cockchafer beetle! never seen one before and glad i found out what it was.  | | | |
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