cockchafer
Large European beetle
A cockchafer is a large brown European beetle that emerges in late spring, known for its noisy, clumsy flight at dusk.
The name combines cock (meaning large or vigorous) with chafer (a type of beetle).
Also called a May bug.
The larvae, called grubs, feed on plant roots and can damage lawns and crops.
Six-legged invertebrate
- scarabBeetle held sacred anciently
- coleopteraOrder containing beetles
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- elytraHardened forewings of beetles
exoskeleton · mandible · thorax · abdomen · grub · larvae · chitin · arthropod
Pest takeover situation
- crop damageHarm to cultivated plants
- root damageHarm to underground structures
- grubsImmature beetle stage
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
agriculture · garden · horticulture · farmers · pesticide · extermination · plague · swarm
Gathering in large numbers
- evening flightAir travel after sundown
- buzzingLow vibrating hum
- crepuscularRelating to dusk
- twilightLight after sunset
Pit-digging insect larva
- roastedCooked uncovered with heat
- collective nounTerm for grouped entities
- European folkloreTraditional tales from Europe
insect
Six-legged invertebrate
- scarabBeetle held sacred anciently
- coleopteraOrder containing beetles
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
elytra · exoskeleton · mandible · thorax · abdomen · grub · larvae · chitin · arthropod · invertebrate
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- crop damageHarm to cultivated plants
- root damageHarm to underground structures
- grubsImmature beetle stage
larvae · agriculture · garden · horticulture · farmers · pesticide · extermination · plague · swarm · voracious
swarming
Gathering in large numbers
- evening flightAir travel after sundown
- buzzingLow vibrating hum
- crepuscularRelating to dusk
doodlebug
Pit-digging insect larva
- roastedCooked uncovered with heat
- collective nounTerm for grouped entities
- European folkloreTraditional tales from Europe
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- beetlesbeetle, beetles, scarab beetle, scarab, scarabs
- scarab beetlesscarab, scarab beetle, dung beetle, rhinoceros beetle, June beetle
- chafer beetles
- soil pestswireworm, grubs, white grub, wireworms, grub