#cockchafer

Of course my delicate little kumquat, prepare to get your cock absolutely chafed!!!

Common Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), family Scarabaeidae, found across the temperate parts of Europe and far western Asia

B - male, T - female

Aka Maybug, Maybeetle, and Doodlebug

photographs: Mark Aldron & Frank Vassen

Female - photograph by DarkOne

Larve/grub - photograph by Rasbak

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Did you know that the Forest Cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani) can be found in forests across northern Eurasia? These cockchafers (that's their name, don't laugh) are drawn to the scents created by damaged leaves, allowing them to follow scents picked up by their antennae, find females of their species and mate. They'll be busy for several hours at a time, so the female will keep eating. She'll then deposit her eggs underground near the roots of the host tree, so her children will have some food to grow up on, too.

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Image 1 by Cosimo Costanzia di Costigliole CC-BY

Image 2 by John Reeves, CC-BY-NC

Submitted for classification by @deathcook123

"I have two possible choices for you, either the Common Cockchafer or the Goblin Shark

CHAT WE’RE CHAFING ABSOLUTE COCK

What a lovely lady! Outside she kept flying but inside she tried to burrow into my hand