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cockchaferEuropean beetle Melolontha melolontha, of the scarab family, up to 3 cm/1.2 in long, with clumsy, buzzing flight, seen on early summer evenings. Cockchafers damage trees by feeding on the foliage and flowers.
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Those large green buzzing metallic beetles - known as fig, fruit or June beetles - have become quite a nuisance in recent years. |
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