Common European cockchafer. Composite image of a common European cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) in flight. This beetle, which makes a loud buzzing

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Common European cockchafer. Composite image of a common European cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) in flight. This beetle, which makes a loud buzzing sound during flight, is widespread throughout Europe. It feeds on leaves and flowers. The image of the beetle, but not its wings, is a coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM).

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Photo credit: © POWER AND SYRED/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1, animal, beetle, biological, biology, bug, cockchafer, coloured, composite, elytra, elytron, entomology, false-coloured, fauna, flight, flying, insect, insecta, invertebrate, invertebrates, melolontha, nature, sem, single, wildlife, wing, wing-case, wing-cases, wings, zoological, zoology