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	Cockchafer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cockchafer or "May bug", as it is colloquially called, is a European beetle of the family of the dung beetles, the Scarabaeidae.
		The cockchafer should not be confused with the similar European Chafer (Rhizotrogus majalis), which has a completely different life cycle, nor with the June Beetles (Phyllophaga spp.), which are native to North America, nor with the Summer Chafer (or "European June Bug", Amphimallon solstitiale), which emerges in June and has a two-year life cycle.
		In 1320, for instance, cockchafers were brought to court in Avignon and sentenced to withdraw within three days onto a specially designated area, otherwise they'd be outlawed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cockchafer (956 words)

	Cockchafer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The cockchafer imagines overwinter in the earth at depths between 20 and 100 cm and work their way to the surface only in (A metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed) spring.
		In 1320, for instance, cockchafers were brought to (An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business) court in (Click link for more info and facts about Avignon) Avignon and sentenced to withdraw within three days onto a specially designated area, otherwise they'd be outlawed.
		In some areas and times, cockchafers even served as (Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment) food.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/cockchafer.htm (1229 words)

	Wanhsien Incident (Wanhsien Attack) - Royal Navy Gunboats in China
		Upon her arrival, HMS Cockchafer sent a boarding party to the ship and the offending soldiers were expelled.
		In the meantime HMS Cockchafer sat at Wanhsien in an uneasy standoff with the overwhelming Chinese troops.
		Sixty officers and sailors from HMS Cockchafer (I believe she withdrew from Wanhsien for a short period leaving HMS Widgeon there), HMS Despatch (light cruiser), HMS Scarab and HMS Mantis boarded Kiawo and she sailed from Ichang on September 4, 1926.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /wanhsien/wangxian.htm (1306 words)

	Cockchafer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The cockchafer should not be confused with the similar European Chafer (Rhizotrogus majalis), which has a completely different life cycle, nor with the June Beetles (Phyllophaga spp.), which are native to North America, nor with the Summer Chafer (or "European June Bug", Amphimallon solstitiale), which emerges in June and has atwo-year life cycle.
		Imagines (i.e., adults) of the Common Cockchafer reach sizes of 25 to 30 mm, the Forest Cockchafer is a bit smaller (20 - 25 mm).
		In 1320, forinstance, cockchafers were brought to court in Avignon and sentenced to withdraw within three days onto a specially designated area, otherwise they'd be outlawed.Of course, the cockchafers didn't obey, and were collected and killed.
	www.therfcc.org /cockchafer-317168.html (852 words)

	Cockchafer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Male cockchafers have seven "leaves" on their antennass, whereas the females have only six.
		In fact, this method was so "successful" that the cockchafer was nearly extinct in Europe in the 1970s.
		Since then, agriculture has generally reduced its wholesale use of pesticides, also because of environmental and public health concerns for most of these pesticides end up in the food chain and thus also in the human body.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/cockchafer (938 words)

	Aesop's Fables - "a52" - 656+ fables (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Presently a large cockchafer flew by; the moment he caught sight of her, he seized her round her delicate waist with his claws, and flew with her into a tree.
		Then the cockchafer who had run away with her, believed all the others when they said she was ugly, and would have nothing more to say to her, and told her she might go where she liked.
		Then he flew down with her from the tree, and placed her on a daisy, and she wept at the thought that she was so ugly that even the cockchafers would have nothing to say to her.
	www.pacificnet.net /~johnr/cgi/aesop1.cgi?hca&a52 (3861 words)

	Cockchafers - UK Safari
		Although not common, in places where they can be found, cockchafers are usually seen in large numbers.
		Cockchafers are very haphazard in their flight, often colliding into things as they fly in search of mates.
		The wing cases are covered in tiny grey hairs, giving the cockchafer a dusty appearance.
	www.uksafari.com /cockchafer.htm (270 words)

	Common cockchafer - Melolontha melolontha: More Information - ARKive
		The larvae are often called rook-worms, as rooks are said to have a particular love of both adult and larval cockchafers (3).
		Adult cockchafers eat leaves and flowers of a range of deciduous trees, plants and shrubs but do not tend to be serious pests in Britain.
		The larvae, on the other hand, can be serious pests of grasses and cereals, as they live in the soil feeding on roots.
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_freshwater/Melolontha_melolontha/more_info.html (536 words)

	Cockchafer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Los cockchafers masculinos tienen siete "se van" en sus antenas, mientras que las hembras tienen solamente seises.
		El cockchafer imagina el overwinter en la tierra en las profundidades entre 20 y 100 centímetros y trabaja su manera a la superficie solamente en resorte.
		Debido a su tiempo de revelado largo como larvas, los cockchafers aparecen en un ciclo de cada tres o cuatro años; los años varían de la región a la región.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/co/Cockchafer.htm (898 words)

	Captain of HMS Cockchafer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Cockchafer was a Dapper class gunboat with both steam and sail propulsion.
		The ship was chiefly famous for her part in the 'Cockchafer Affair' at Swatow, 1868, and also gave her name to Cockchafer Island in the Yangtze Kiang (Worcester 1960, 205).
		The vessel was recommissioned after the Swatow incident, and was still on station early in 1872, but by September that year ceased to be listed, because it had been sold to the Telge Northing Co. at Shanghai (presumably for scrap, since these boats did not have a long life-span).
	www.barnarch.u-net.com /emd9.htm (295 words)

	Melolontha melolontha (L.)
		The grub measures 10 to 20 mm in the autumn which follows its birth, 30 to 35 mm by the following autumn, and reaches its maximum size, 40 to 46 mm, in the spring of its third year.
		The larvae are very polyphagous; they attack the roots of various crops cereals, red beet, potato, meadow grasses, fruit or forest trees.
		[R]Remark/A> Cockchafers, until recently important pests of crop in shrubland regions or of those close to deciduous forests, have become rare and today cause almost no damage at all in France.
	www.inra.fr /Internet/Produits/HYPPZ/RAVAGEUR/6melmel.htm (649 words)

	Cockchafers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The most familiar of our chafers is the Cockchafer or 'Maybug' (Melolontha melolontha) - the adult beetle (shown above) is a night-flier and often comes crashing into lighted windows on warm evenings in early summer.
		Its large size (25-35 mm long) and buzzing flight make it a little frightening, but the beetle is quite harmless and will not bite or sting.
		Their grubs (except those of the Rose chafer) eat plant roots and often cause damage to ornamentals, edible crops, pastures and lawn grass.
	www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk /chafer.htm (644 words)

	TWOJA SZKOLA JEZYKOWA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie (In Szczebrzeszyn a cockchafer is heard in reeds)– is probably the most difficult Polish tongue twister.
		After lessons in our school you will no longer be afraid how to order pierogi with skwarki (have you ever tried the meal?) ask for light or buy flowers for your beloved.
		And if you do insist, we will also talk what this cockchafer from the children’s rhyme is humming about.
	www.tsj.com.pl /sz.php?l=a (246 words)

	Chinkalicious: Cockchafer is not a korean dish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cockchafer is not a korean dish · 18 July 04
		Inspired by ram’s Bukkake, i decided to blog about cockchafer.
		You’re welcome to look up cockchafer if you want.
	www.chinkalicious.com /index.php?id=49 (96 words)

	Redbridge Now - Environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		About 30mm in length, they are very clumsy and noisy in their flight, often colliding with objects as they fly in search of mates. They are not, however, aggressive and cause no harm to health or property. The cockchafer also fly at windows at dusk, when lights are switched on inside.
		The cockchafer has a three-year life cycle and its larvae hatch in soil where they often remain for up to two years, feeding on roots of a wide range of plants.
		Their natural habitat is woodland, farmland and gardens throughout the UK, but most commonly in the south, and the adult insects are normally seen flying at dusk from May to July.
	www.redbridge.gov.uk /environment/cockchafer.cfm (176 words)

	Free Online Library - Search Results - Classic books by famous authors online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A great cockchafer came flying past; he caught sight of Thumbelina, and in a moment had put his arms round her slender waist, and had flown off with her to a tree.
		The nightingales burst into song, a cockchafer knocked against him and crept up the back of his neck.
		A cockchafer darting by close to my ear with a loud hum sends a shiver through me, partly of pleasure at the reminder of past summers, and partly of fear lest he should get caught in my hair.
	www.thefreelibrary.com /bs.asp?ss=text&s=cockchafer (303 words)

	The Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang: The Strange Adventures of Little Maia
		Unluckily, a great cockchafer, who was buzzing over the river, happened to catch sight of her, and caught her up in his claws.
		The poor butterfly was terribly frightened at the sight of him, and he struggled hard to free himself, so that the sash bow gave way, and he flew off into the sunshine.
		But Maia wasn't so fortunate, and though the cockchafer collected honey from the flowers for her dinner, and told her several times how pretty she was, she could not feel at ease with him.
	www.online-literature.com /andrew_lang/olive_fairy/12 (3638 words)

	cockchafer
		European beetle Melolontha melolontha, of the scarab family, up to 3 cm/1.2 in long, with clumsy, buzzing flight, seen on early summer evenings.
		Cockchafers damage trees by feeding on the foliage and flowers.
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	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007530.html (111 words)

	The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang: Thumbelina
		But the cockchafer did not trouble himself about that; he sat down with her on a large green leaf, gave her the honey out of the flowers to eat, and told her that she was very pretty, although she wasn't in the least like a cockchafer.
		The cockchafer who had stolen her knew this very well; but when he heard all the ladies saying she was ugly, he began to think so too, and would not keep her; she might go wherever she liked.
		There she sat and wept, because she was so ugly that the cockchafer would have nothing to do with her; and yet she was the most beautiful creature imaginable, so soft and delicate, like the loveliest rose-leaf.
	www.online-literature.com /andrew_lang/yellow_fairy/43 (3523 words)

	COMMON EUROPEAN COCKCHAFER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		witte worm (cockchafer, common cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), meikever (june bug), gewone meikever (cockchafer, common cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer).
		ver blanc (cockchafer, common cockchafer), turc (cockchafer, common cockchafer), man (cockchafer, common cockchafer), hanneton vulgaire (cockchafer, common cockchafer), hanneton commun (cockchafer, common cockchafer).
		verme bianco (cockchafer, common cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), scarabeo di Maggio (cockchafer, common cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), melolonta (chafer, cockchafer, common cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), maggiolino (cockchafer).
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/COMMON+EUROPEAN+COCKCHAFER (223 words)

	HMS Cockchafer
		I think there is one shot of the Cockchafer in the Insect Class section.
		There is a wreck off of Cyprus that is thought to be HMS Cricket (sister ship of Cockchafer).
		my father-in-law, Henry Hornsey (bif) was on the Cockchafer at the time of the invasion of scilly in 1941-2 (?)we don't have any pictures, only memories.
	storm.prohosting.com /wartime/messageboard/messages/500.shtml (312 words)

	Publications
		Koller R, Jung K, Scheu S, Zimmermann G & Ruther, J. (2005) Biocontrol of the forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani): Experiments on the applicability of the "Catch and Infect"-Technique using a combination of infochemical traps with the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria brongniartii.
		Ruther, J. & Hilker, M. (2003) Attraction of forest cockchafer Melolontha hippocastani to (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol and 1,4-benzoquinone: application aspects.
		Ruther, J., Podsiadlowski, L. & Hilker, M. Quinones in cockchafers: additional function of a sex attractant as an antimicrobial agent.
	userpage.fu-berlin.de /~ruther/publications.html (888 words)

	Cockchafer
		This is the definition of the term Cockchafer
		Cockchafer (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M.
		For people who have trouble spelling, this is the defintion of the term Cockchafer
	linkspider.serversystems.net /dictionary/lookup/cockchafer (81 words)

	Re: large BROWN beetles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Reply to: Re: large BROWN beetles posted by marie on August 15, 2001 at 01:47:49:
		i think the beetle could be a Brown Cockchafer, Violin Beetle, or Red Weevil.
		I'm still not sure though, but i really think its the Violin beetle because when u wrote " long antennas that are longer than the legs." The bettel looks like that.
	gti.uoguelph.ca /wwwboard/bb16mess/290.htm (213 words)

	Define cockchafer : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		cockchafer n : any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha]
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	www.indictionary.com /define/cockchafer (209 words)

	COMMON COCKCHAFER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		witte worm (cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), meikever (june bug), gewone meikever (cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer).
		ver blanc (cockchafer, common European cockchafer), turc (cockchafer, common European cockchafer), man (cockchafer, common European cockchafer), hanneton vulgaire (cockchafer, common European cockchafer), hanneton commun (cockchafer, common European cockchafer).
		verme bianco (cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), scarabeo di Maggio (cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), melolonta (chafer, cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), maggiolino (cockchafer).
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/COMMON+COCKCHAFER (238 words)

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