Not EvaluatedCommon Cockchafer
Melolontha melolontha
46 countries182 parks
Species group · Insects
WAnimals has 2 species of bumblebee, spread across 2 families (Apidae, Scarabaeidae).
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 60 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Because its larvae take three or four years to develop, the adults appear in cyclical waves every three or four years, and the years vary from region to region according to climate.
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In 1320, in Avignon, its larvae were put on trial and sentenced to exile in a special reserve; when they failed to comply with the decree, they were gathered up and exterminated.
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The males locate the females by the volatile compounds released by leaves as the females eat them.
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It feeds on nectar and pollen from a wide range of flowers.
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Colonies can reach 350 to 1,000 workers at their peak.
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Its workers vary extraordinarily in body size within a single colony.
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