Common Cockchafer

Melolontha melolontha

The common cockchafer, 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 .

Scientific name

Melolontha melolontha

Family

Scarabaeidae