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European cockchafer, hrušt

Melolontha melolontha

Photo by Jopy
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Description:

Normally appears flying on warm evenings from May to July and is attracted to artificial light and often comes indoors through open windows or even down chimneys, has short feelers on its black head and a hairy body under reddish-brown wing cases.

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Comments (3)

Ajoj :/ ali ide ljeto bit će zmija ;)
dobar je ispao, spasila sam ga iz vode, i u akciji spašavanja pobjegla mi zmija :(
A glavu mu se ne vidi smrc ;)
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PublishedApril 22, 2013

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