Larva of the Cockchafer (Melolontha Vulgaris)

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)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman