Common cockchafer
beetle of the genus Melolontha, in the family Scarabaeidae. Damage symptoms The common cockchafer ( Melolontha melolontha ) does most of its damage in the [...] feeds on roots of grasses and clover. The adults feed on the leaves of trees, mainly on oak, maple, beech and plum. Life cycle and appearance of Common cockchafer [...] long, hairy, well developed yellow legs. It takes three or four years for the larvae to fully develop. The grubs are 10 to 20 mm in the first autumn, 30