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Maybug (was - Identify beetle type)

balrog_beag · 2013-05-18 07:29:40

Any idea what type of beetle the attached picture is? Dropped by a bird in the back garden as I startled it..

18-05-2013 08:29AM

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balrog_beag

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Any idea what type of beetle the attached picture is? Dropped by a bird in the back garden as I startled it..

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#2 18-05-2013 10:24AM

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here it is--pic is so small, don't know if it's possible to tell

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#3 18-05-2013 10:47AM

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how big is it? There are huge numbers of species of them in Ireland (thousands) and I only have a superficial idea as to the different kinds but that looks like a chafer/scarab but would have no idea which kind. It looks like a small relative of a cockchafer. They have big ended antennae like that one.

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#4 18-05-2013 03:53PM

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Its a Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha aka Maybug

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#5 19-05-2013 10:28AM

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Thanks for the replies guys..

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#6 19-05-2013 10:14PM

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Just been out in the garden and there are cockchafers everywhere, zooming around like helicopters. Had one fly into my face and another up my trouser leg:eek:

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