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Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)

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Head on view of common cockchafer larva

© Duncan McEwan / naturepl.com
Side view of common cockchafer larva

© Duncan McEwan / naturepl.com
Common cockchafer

© Laurie Campbell / lauriecampbell.com
Common cockchafer on leaf

© Roy Anderson
Common cockchafer on leaf

© Robin Williams
Common cockchafer on grass

© Mike Read
Side view of common cockchafer

© Robin Williams
Close up of common cockchafer feeding

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Common cockchafer feeding on leaf

© Hans Christoph Kappel / naturepl.com
Common cockchafer taking off in flight

© David Element
Common cockchafer in flight

© Hans Christoph Kappel / naturepl.com
Antenna of male common cockchafer

© John Clegg / www.ardea.com

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