Common Cockchafer
探検昆虫
Common Cockchafer
Melolontha melolontha
The Common Cockchafer is a big, brown beetle that comes out in spring. They fly around and can be seen buzzing in gardens and fields, making them a fun sight for kids!
生息地: Grasslands
外見
The Common Cockchafer has a distinctive chunky, reddish-brown body with a shiny black head and thorax. It features fan-like antennae and a black triangular tip on its abdomen. Its hardened wing cases cover delicate flight wings, giving it a robust appearance different from many slender beetles.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Coleoptera科Scarabaeidae属Melolontha
カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
A female cockchafer can lay up to 80 eggs underground during her short adult life!
Cockchafer grubs spend up to four years hidden underground before becoming an adult.
Once, common cockchafers were collected for food or used in children's games!
They use special chemical signals, called pheromones, to find mates in the dark.
特殊能力
能力
Night Navigator
The Common Cockchafer can fly accurately at night because of its well-developed antennae that help them sense smells and navigate in the dark.
能力
Root Muncher
The Common Cockchafer has larvae that can live underground for years, silently eating plant roots that helps them grow big before transforming.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 50-60 mm
- サイズ
- 25-30 mm
- 寿命
- 28-42 日
- 飛行速度
- 8 km/h
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
Adult cockchafers nibble leaves, while their grubs feast on plant roots underground.
年齢による違い: Larvae (grubs) eat roots of grasses and crops; adults primarily feed on tree leaves.
主な食物
- Oak leaves
- Beech leaves
- Fruit tree leaves
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
eats
English Oak
Quercus robur
Adults defoliate leaves, sometimes causing damage.
eats
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridis
Hunts cockchafer larvae (grubs) from the ground.
eats
European Badger
Meles meles
Digs up and eats the large, nutritious cockchafer grubs.
eats
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
Larvae can damage the roots of potato plants.
特徴
別名
Cockchafer Beetle
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Cockchafers are not dangerous, but it's best to watch them from a distance.
よくある質問
Common Cockchaferの翼開長は何ですか？
50-60 mm
Common Cockchaferのサイズは何ですか？
25-30 mm
Common Cockchaferの寿命は何ですか？
28-42 日
Common Cockchaferの飛行速度は何ですか？
8 km/h
Common Cockchaferは何を食べますか？
Adult cockchafers nibble leaves, while their grubs feast on plant roots underground.
Common Cockchaferは通常どこに生息していますか？
Grasslands
Common Cockchaferはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
Common Cockchaferの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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