2. Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) Perhaps one of the clumsiest insects to be spotted in gardens in late spring and early summer, the cockchafer grows to 50mm in length, making a ...

Two of those examples are presented here. Cockchafers, also known as maybugs or doodlebugs, are a group of three species of beetle in the genus Melolontha. Found throughout much of central Europe, ...

"Billywitch", a Suffolk term for the cockchafer beetle, will be added in June and "bishy barnabee" - a ladybird in Norfolk and Suffolk - will be included later. Michael Profitt, OED chief editor ...