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The cockchafer (colloquially called May bug, doodlebug,〔Discover Wildlife: ()〕 mitchamador,〔Norfolk Wildlife Trust: (See Did you know? section on this link )〕 billy witch,〔Natural History Museum, London: (English Insects illustration of Minotaur beetles and Cockchafer by James Barbut ), 〕 or spang beetle,〔 particularly in East Anglia) is a European beetle of the genus ''Melolontha'', in the family Scarabaeidae. Once abundant throughout Europe and a major pest in the periodical years of "mass flight", it had been nearly eradicated in the middle of the 20th century through extensive use of pesticides and has even been locally exterminated in many regions. However, since an increase in regulation of pest control beginning in the 1980s, its numbers have started to grow again. ==Taxonomy== There are three species of European cockchafers: *The common cockchafer, ''Melolontha melolontha'' *The forest cockchafer, ''Melolontha hippocastani'' *The large cockchafer, ''Melolontha pectoralis'', which is very rare and occurs only in south-western Germany. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「cockchafer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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