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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Rhizotrogini » European Chafers (Amphimallon) » European Chafer (Amphimallon majale)
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Scarab - Amphimallon majale
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Scarab - Amphimallon majale
Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
June 17, 2007
Size: 13mm
About 20 of these were flying around the top of a small locus tree just before dark.

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Contributed by tom murray on 18 June, 2007 - 8:21pm
Last updated 18 June, 2007 - 10:09pm

Moved
Moved from Scarab Beetles.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 18 June, 2007 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Rhizotrogus majalis
Boris will recognize this one - a turfgrass pest from Europe. Mostly in the NE here
… Phillip Harpootlian, 18 June, 2007 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Phillip
Another new species for the guide, and another one for the introduced species list.
… tom murray, 18 June, 2007 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

 
updated nomenclature
see Evans & Smiths checklist
… Phillip Harpootlian, 19 June, 2007 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

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