cockchafer

[galluim]

I have one in my collection which was found in Corvallis OR

[DrFreerun]

Found one on my face a few minutes ago, if you think the ones here in ireland are big you should see the ones in south germany!!'

[TheCGIMaster]

I bloody hate these things. They hit me in the face whenever I try to get them out of my bedroom!

[littlemissmooncat]

I'm from Ireland and I found one the other day! Cudnt believe the size of it! I thought I was from africa r sumfin! I thought he would scare me by flying he but played dead instead! Actually really cute wee/big thing, lol :)

[krispiepage]

i get them in rural england as well they freak me out soooooooo much, its when they get in my lampshade and ping about its honestly so loud! i fucking hate the month of may

[uhlerado]

very nice, I needed to stop myself and think about nature and us....good choice of music as well

[Vyocae]

Beautiful. :'D

[latania2005]

@G4MiiNGxxChum350 . Me too, it landed on my pillow....the bastard. Luckily I wasn't in bed at the time!

[thicksnakes]

I'm under siege by these horrible things every year, I can't even go out my house cos they chase me down and I'm sure they want to kill me !! They seem to be very localised though, some people here in England go their whole lives without ever seeing one! Whereas I can hear them pinging off my patio doors every evening as they continue their assault..........

[dontmakemeMAD1990]

@thicksnakes one thing....

lucky bastard, i woud like to capture 100's of them a year

[petepage]

I used a Sanyo Xacti HD1010 on the macro setting. Can get down to a centimetre from the lens.

[finmarx]

nice video - what lens and camera did you use to shoot him? I shot one using a canon 5d mark 2 and a 65mm mpe macro lens - the it was really hard to keep the camera in focus as the depth of field was so shallow.

[The3amigoboys]

i see them all the time in england especially this time of the year! altho i do live out in the country so that probably helps, infact i saw one today on his back legs waving everywhere lol

[33dgtp]

OMG they're so many this time of the year.

[Benstein10]

apr-marc at hungary in every 4 years millions of there

[293940cabster]

I found one on my back porch in texas, although it must have been a different genus, for mine had stripes on its back. Yet it did have the same little moth like antennae. Only in England eh? hahahahhhaha. It was all hissing at me, and it was covered in fur, with many little mites covering its body? No clue. I told everyone I thought that I'd found a new species. I was really drunk, but I know it was a cockchafer.

[WastedBritain]

they are found in england, i used to see them quite alot when i lived out in the country. my tarantula used to eat them

[spiderman132r]

hi i live in sacramento california U.S.A and have seen hundreds of these little guys around here.

[rosmarinusofficialis]

Thanks, Pete.

[rosmarinusofficialis]

Did you find him in the UK? I have never seen them in this country; I "grew up" with them in Germany where they are called Maikäfer (May beetle). They are followed by the Junikäfer (Phylopertha horticola) and the Julikäfer (Anomala dubia).

[petepage]

Hi

Filmed him in SW France on 30th April. Called Hannetons over there. Banging against the windows at night when they are attracted to the light.

[geroldkid]

I have never seen an insect like this before. Great capture.