Common cockchafer (white grub)
Larva — Coleoptera
Identification key : Scarabaeiform larva (white grub) (Larva)
Scarabs (chafers, rhinoceros beetles…) (Adult (and nymphs resembling the adult))
Scientific name : Melolontha melolontha
Other names : May bug, White grub
Brown beetle 2 to 3 cm long that flies in spring, in large numbers every three or four years. Adults eat leaves of oak, beech, chestnut and fruit trees; the white C-shaped larvae live several years in the soil and gnaw the roots of grassland, potatoes, strawberries and young plants.
Crops affected : Beech, Chestnut, Hazelnut tree, Lawns and turf, Oak, Plum tree, Potato, Strawberry, Walnut tree
Source : Melolontha melolontha (MELOME)[Overview] — EPPO Global Database — EPPO
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Hazelnut tree Chestnut Lawns and turf Plum tree Strawberry Beech Walnut tree Potato Oak
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