Common cockchafer
the following stages: egg, three larval instars, a pupal instar and the adult beetle. The adult beetle is 25 to 30 mm long, with a dark head, black pronotum [...] longitudinal ribs each. The abdomen is black, with typical triangular white spots below the elytra. When just laid, the oval eggs of the common cockchafer ( Melolontha [...] cockchafer ( Melolontha melolontha) , also known as the doodlebug or May bug is a European beetle of the genus Melolontha, in the family Scarabaeidae. Damage