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cockchafer

European 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.

The larvae live underground for up to four years, feeding on grass and cereal roots.



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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.
GARDENING : FAR FROM BUGGING YOU, SOME INSECTS ARE HELPFUL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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