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Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Rhizotrogus majalis
Imago Adult beetles are medium-sized, light reddish-brown, and approximately 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0.59 in) long. Their pronotum features a narrow band of light-yellow hairs and the underside of the thorax has similar coloured hair. The tip of the abdomen protrudes beyond the wing covers. Wing covers have longitudinal grooves. Larvae Larvae are white-coloured and C-shaped, with a yellow-brown head and six jointed legs. The raster has two distinct rows of small spines that diverge outward at the tip of the abdomen. Fully grown larvae are 20–23 millimetres (0.79–0.91 in) long. Pupae and eggs The pupae of the European chafer resemble those of the other turf-infesting scarab beetles, such as the Japanese beetle. Pupae are about 16 millimetres (0.63 in) long. Eggs are shiny and oval, milky-white when freshly laid, but later turning dull gray, approximately 2.3 by 2.7 millimetres (0.091 × 0.11 in).
The European chafer (Rhizotrogus majalis, classified as Amphimallon majalis until 1978) is a beetle of the Scarabaeidae family. Formerly found in continental Europe only, this invasive species is now found at temperate latitudes in North America, where they are commonly called June bugs. The large, white grubs of R. majalis feed on the roots of most cool-latitude grasses, both wild and cultivated. This has made the European chafer an enemy of North American lawns.
spotted in my backyard
thanks Emma,in this spotting we use our canon compact powershot sx120is in macro function,them in the computer we normaly make ampliantions if the photos have quality to that,it was the case,i cant tell you the exact percentage of ampliation because i didn't take notice to that,we make ampliations just to the point the photo quality permit,more than that only in special cases ,rare organism,or so.we take pictures allways in max quality possible so we can enlarger them in the computer :)in the future we are thinking i invest in a good machine with a zoom for birds :) until that we have this one and our friends lattely(since they began to se our work in noah with our compact cameras),they tend to press us to acept their machines during a time to tried it in the spotting hooby :) sorry for the to long unser
Thanks Willie for the id,these guys are becaming a nasty plague in US,here is the first time i saw one,thanks again for your help
Thanks Maria and Emma,i like the "hair" :)
Emma great spotting i comment it allready :)
Great pic!
I found a black widow with an egg sac,
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/117...
The venom of this spider is 15 times more potent than that of a rattle snake!
Thanks Ashish,my backyard is near the weet meadow and there many bushs arround,my back yard is the final frontier in the south part of the meadow,so i allways haved strange visitors :) luckly :)
Scarab type beetle... Surprise to be it seen as landed... is it within meadow or bushes..?
Lat: 41.55, Long: -8.42
Spotted on Jun 4, 2012
Submitted on Jun 22, 2012
