Mastodawn

OK, this is new to me, but only 706 years old news.... Medieval courts tried insects.

Thank you to the author of An Insect a Day, Dominic Couzens, and columnist Agnes Stamp....

The Buzz of May

This picture was taken in spring, but I didn't want to keep it from you.

#cockchafer #maybug #melolontha #flyingbeetle #macrophoto #insectphotography #wildlifephoto #naturecapture #springflight #macroinsects

News Beep Sep 21

Cockchafer worm wreaking havoc on West Australian grain crops

Farmers and researchers are scrambling to find a way to combat a tiny worm devastating crops in Western…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #cockchafer #greatsouthernnews #wagrainindustry #waharvest #wanews #wapests
https://www.newsbeep.com/136617/

~meoralis~Aug 16, 2025

Hiding from the heat

(The blurriness is probably due to heat haze and not because it was only the second day with the new gear 😋😅)

#Maikäfer #Junischnurz #cockchafer #Maybug #Maybeetle #Käfer #beetle #insect #beetles #insects #Insekt #Insekten #nature #Natur #wildlife #wildlifePhotography #insectPhotography #InsektenSamstag #InsectSaturday

Devriese Jul 17, 2025

Belgium, Wemmel : Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha ) #belgium #wemmel #animal #beetle #cockchafer #insect #macrophotography #nature

gonzo Jun 18, 2025

A Cockchafer in the Ötztal in the Alps in Tyrol in Austria. I have never seen so many Cockchafers: They where literally everywhere in the valley. Thousands and millions of them most of them where dead or dying.

#insect #beetle #cockchafer #maikäfer #alps

Ian K Tindale Jun 18, 2025

This video (which is actually audio) might appeal to a lot of the people here on the fediverse, because, er, we’re mostly all into entomology
youtu.be/BoYP_YrTCLA #entomology #cockchafer