May Bug! 😀 weird and wonderful! Those antennas! Those legs that adhere like Velcro! That face! 😆 #maybug #doodlebug #cockchaffer #beetle
May 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
May Bug! 😀 weird and wonderful! Those antennas! Those legs that adhere like Velcro! That face! 😆 #maybug #doodlebug #cockchaffer #beetle
They are also huge and when in flight sound like a very angry and drunk bumble bee.
First met one whilst reading in the garden at dusk.
Then realised I was siting in the middle of a cockchaffer orgy.
First met one whilst reading in the garden at dusk.
Then realised I was siting in the middle of a cockchaffer orgy.
April 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
They are also huge and when in flight sound like a very angry and drunk bumble bee.
First met one whilst reading in the garden at dusk.
Then realised I was siting in the middle of a cockchaffer orgy.
First met one whilst reading in the garden at dusk.
Then realised I was siting in the middle of a cockchaffer orgy.
That grub looks like a cockchaffer. They are notorious root munchers.
August 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
That grub looks like a cockchaffer. They are notorious root munchers.
1825: Receivd a letter from Mr Sharp & one from Lord Radstock - & answerd his Lordships sending in it the 'Vanitys of Life' a poem - heard the buzz of the black beetle or cockchaffer that flyes about in the autumn evenings & early in spring it is different to the brown or summer beetle which is...
January 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
1825: Receivd a letter from Mr Sharp & one from Lord Radstock - & answerd his Lordships sending in it the 'Vanitys of Life' a poem - heard the buzz of the black beetle or cockchaffer that flyes about in the autumn evenings & early in spring it is different to the brown or summer beetle which is...
What is going on #teammoth?! I thought it would be a good one last night in my N.Wilts garden - a warm day, reasonably mild night, a bit of cloud cover, no rain. This morning just 2 SS Darts, a Bumble Bee and a Cockchaffer in the trap! 2 more Darts and a Tachystola acroxantha outside. That's it!
May 2, 2026 at 7:34 AM
What is going on #teammoth?! I thought it would be a good one last night in my N.Wilts garden - a warm day, reasonably mild night, a bit of cloud cover, no rain. This morning just 2 SS Darts, a Bumble Bee and a Cockchaffer in the trap! 2 more Darts and a Tachystola acroxantha outside. That's it!
1825: Receivd a letter from Mr Sharp & one from Lord Radstock - & answerd his Lordships sending in it the 'Vanitys of Life' a poem - heard the buzz of the black beetle or cockchaffer that flyes about in the autumn evenings & early in spring it is different to the brown or summer beetle which is...
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 AM
1825: Receivd a letter from Mr Sharp & one from Lord Radstock - & answerd his Lordships sending in it the 'Vanitys of Life' a poem - heard the buzz of the black beetle or cockchaffer that flyes about in the autumn evenings & early in spring it is different to the brown or summer beetle which is...
Next to the grave of Ernest Cockchaffer 1878 and Frank Bumgardener 1799
March 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Next to the grave of Ernest Cockchaffer 1878 and Frank Bumgardener 1799
@red_my_letter I really have no idea! It could be a Cockchaffer but I couldn't be sure from the grub. :-) Google CC and see what you think.
December 2, 2024 at 12:21 PM
@red_my_letter I really have no idea! It could be a Cockchaffer but I couldn't be sure from the grub. :-) Google CC and see what you think.
Spotted this large scarab beetle on my patio this morning. Apparently it's called a "Cockchaffer" but my wife thinks if I Google it I'll likely end up on some kind of register.
May 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Spotted this large scarab beetle on my patio this morning. Apparently it's called a "Cockchaffer" but my wife thinks if I Google it I'll likely end up on some kind of register.
Cockchaffer (smirk!) Beetle - Melolontha hippocastani found in the garden today. Larvae eat plant roots but very welcome. Haven't see this before hopefully result of trying to garden in harmony with all beasties!!!
May 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Cockchaffer (smirk!) Beetle - Melolontha hippocastani found in the garden today. Larvae eat plant roots but very welcome. Haven't see this before hopefully result of trying to garden in harmony with all beasties!!!
A terrible phone image on the way home from the pub last night, where we went to celebrate our ability to express our democratic right..but great to see a cockchaffer on 1st May.
May 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A terrible phone image on the way home from the pub last night, where we went to celebrate our ability to express our democratic right..but great to see a cockchaffer on 1st May.
1825: Receivd a letter from Mr Sharp & one from Lord Radstock - & answerd his Lordships sending in it the 'Vanitys of Life' a poem - heard the buzz of the black beetle or cockchaffer that flyes about in the autumn evenings & early in spring it is different to the brown or summer beetle which is...
January 27, 2024 at 6:30 AM
1825: Receivd a letter from Mr Sharp & one from Lord Radstock - & answerd his Lordships sending in it the 'Vanitys of Life' a poem - heard the buzz of the black beetle or cockchaffer that flyes about in the autumn evenings & early in spring it is different to the brown or summer beetle which is...