Larva of the Cockchafer (Melolontha Vulgaris) Small 288×320 Medium 576×640 Large 921×1024 Download Tiff Original 2159×2400 | (791.7 KB) Description "In from four to six weeks after being laid, the little larvae are hatched, and immediately attack the roots of vegetables." Keywords beetles, bugs, Coleoptera, insects Galleries Coleoptera: Beetles and Weevils Source: Hazlitt Alva Cuppy PH.D., Editor Beauties and Wonders of Land and Sea (Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1895)