Cockchafer
Body length varies between 20 and 30 mm. The head, pronotum and abdomen are blackish; the antennae are angled, brown and lamelliform (7 sheets in the male, 5 shorter in the female); the elytra are distinctly ribbed and brown, the legs brown and the ventral side is black with white triangles on the sides.
It is an insect found at the edge of woods, in fields and in gardens. This species is visible in spring when the flowers bloom.
The cockchafer flies in the evening and during the day we find it on the trees. After hatching, the imagos (perfect insects) gnaw the leaves of oaks and fruit trees. The eggs are laid in the ground. The larvae eat the roots and develop in 3 or 4 years. The imagos overwinter in the ground before emergence.
It is an insect found at the edge of woods, in fields and in gardens. This species is visible in spring when the flowers bloom.
The cockchafer flies in the evening and during the day we find it on the trees. After hatching, the imagos (perfect insects) gnaw the leaves of oaks and fruit trees. The eggs are laid in the ground. The larvae eat the roots and develop in 3 or 4 years. The imagos overwinter in the ground before emergence.