Garden Chafer - Phyllopertha horticola
Smaller (c. 12mm) than the cockchafer, with a metallic green head, pronotum and undersides, and chestnut-brown elytra. Fresh specimens are very hairy.
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Grassland, pasture, parks and gardens.
The larvae feed on the roots of grasses and other plants in lawns and pasture land, where they are dug up by badgers and birds such as jackdaws, often damaging the turf. They are sometimes considered to be a pest.
Common, but may be declining.
Uncommon
Melinda Bell
Asfordby Hill,Holwell Ironworks
07 May 2025
Melinda Bell
Asfordby Hill,Holwell Ironworks
07 May 2025
Melinda Bell
Asfordby Hill,Holwell Ironworks
07 May 2025
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- Common names
- Bracken Chafer, Garden Chafer, June Bug, Bracken Clock
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- Beetles
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- Records on NatureSpot:
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- First record:
- 07/05/2025 (Bell, Melinda)
- Last record:
- 07/05/2025 (Bell, Melinda)
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