A May Bug

I saw a bettle similar to this living in a pine tree. Cool looking :)

They do make a lot of noise though dont they.........

i have seen them before but know very little about them. that will be my task the next time i cant get out in the garden.

all the beatles in my garden are black ,aint never seen this type before , on the plus side I dont get bright red ones either.

yes - no lily beetles at my end [yet] but do get ladybirds :o)

theres someone on the site who is really good at identifying crawly things .cant remember who

Is it Toto or MGM?

Melolontha melolontha or May bug or cockchafer. bored with gw so googled this instead. can be a serious pest as the chafer grub eats the roots etc. Cant remember where i put the maybug now. I will have to keep my eye open for them. I dont know if it hatched from a grub in my garden or flew in from the pastureland over the hedge.