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…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/136617/

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 😋😅)


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Belgium, Wemmel : Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha ) #belgium #wemmel #animal #beetle #cockchafer #insect #macrophotography #nature
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
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
The Queer Life of a Cockchafer

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I haven't seen any cockchafers - or May beetles - in our region in years. Apparently they have simply become Dutch and now thrive in the Netherlands. :D

📍De Hoge Veluwe National Park - Arnhem, NL
📷 Canon EOS R6 MII | Canon RF 100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM

#photography #canon #canonr6mII #canonphotography #animalphotography #closeup #macrophotography #macro #insects #cockchafer #commoncockchafer #europeancockchafer #maybeetle #maybug #spring #nature #biodiversity