A genus of beetles called cockchafer has an outstanding feature - fan-shaped antennae. The antennae are not merely ornamental parts but serve a significant purpose as specialised sense organs. It has ...

European forest cockchafers can damage huge areas of trees. They house microbes in their guts that help them to digest their woody food. Larvae and adult beetles have the same microbial species in ...

In 1479 beetles were put on trial for ‘creeping secretly in the earth’ If you hold a Christmas beetle – small, brown, mechanical – in the palm of your hand, it moves as though under a spell. The spell ...

This release is available in German. Apart from the common European cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), the European forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani) is the most common species of the ...

The Victorian Racing Club (VRC) says there is no threat to this year's Melbourne Cup carnival despite track damage from a turf beetle. The cockchafer beetles have eaten through the root system of the ...

Rather than Messerschmitts and Junkers darkening the skies, this time it is a small flying insect that is bugging the Garden of England. Dense formations of cockchafers, an inch-long flying beetle, ...

The hallowed turf has been invaded by cockchafer beetles, which have eaten the roots of the grass. The track surface is loose in patches and horses are throwing up heavy divots. Victoria Racing Club ...