COCKCHAFER !!! (meikever)

Translation below
Zaterdag vond ik achter huis een meikever (Melolontha melolontha) die uitgeput op de grond lag. Toen ik mijn vinger erbij hield kroop hij op mijn vinger. Meikevers vind je alleen van eind april tot begin juni. Nadat ze gepaard en eieren gelegd hebben, gaan ze dood. De larven leven drie jaar onder de grond, verpoppen zich dan in de herfst tot kever en komen dan na de winter uit de grond. De larven leven van wortels, de kevers eten voornamelijk boombladeren.
Mannetjes, zoals de kever in deze video, hebben zeven lamellen aan hun voelsprieten; vrouwtjes zes.

Saturday, I found a cockchafer behind the house (Melolontha melolontha) lying on the ground exhausted. I held my finger near him, and he crawled onto it. Cockchafers can only be seen from the end of April until the beginning of June. After they mated and laid eggs, they die. The larvae live under the ground for three years, then change into a beetle in fall, and after the winter, they emerge out of the ground. The larvae feed on roots, the beetles eat mainly leaves of trees.

Male cockchafers, like the one in this video, have seven leaves on their antennae, females have only six.

April 26th-May 2nd 2009 is my Cockchafer Week: http://jclont.tumblr.com/tagged/cockchafer_week

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Melolontha
• melolontha
• meikever
• cockchafer
• Maikäfer
• Chrabąszcz
• majowy
• hanneton
• Johan
• Lont
• 2009

[Natuurfilmpjes]

At megotyy :

I picked it up from the ground. It was early in the season. I think it just came crawling out of the soil. It must probably unfold its wings by pumping them up before it can fly.

They can get stuck in anything including hair. They fly rather clumsily.

[Natuurfilmpjes]

At bus140808: That is unfortunate. These creatures only eat tree leaves and don't bite people. However, I can imagine they startle you with their loud buzz and big paws. Hopefully, you can overcome your fear.

[mattieboy12321]

Mooi gefilmd!

[LumoneTV]

Wow ... that's really great! A few weeks ago I found his little brother *gg* ... I will send you the video :-)))))

Have a good time!

Greeting from Germany,

Monika

[PinkAsHell]

That one is so beautiful, i only find green cockchafer in my area and they don't look so interesting...

[myfatproductions]

the most disgusting creature i ever had in my home!

i was drinking a beer with some mates like 2 year ago.. then i first met one

it flyed into my house with loid noise

thought i was an alien lol!!!

[dontmakemeMAD1990]

i saw a couple of them when it was day(alive), but that was because they were laying on there back on the street and were exausted

i taked them with me imediatly, hoping they woud not end like the other ones, that already layed death on the ground

[wimpous]

So cute : )

[bus140808]

@Desauron yeah okay, whateva

[Megotyy]

I have only just this very night, come face to face with a cockchafer, but they were flying. Why is this one not? also don't they get stuck in your hair?

[Desauron]

@bus140808 dude u got serios problems:

1. ur desperate after internet attention, i saw u spam this mesage on other similar vids

2. u narrow minded creature, driven by the fear of the unkown should die because u consume more food anualy then the beetle and u dont produce ANYTHING, there are poor kids and people in this world that deserve ur food and resources more then u

3. u are prisoner in ur own world, not just in ur home