The Cockchafer 
THE COCKCHAFER 
The Cockchafer ( <c melolontha vulgaris ”) 
attracts to itself a considerable amount of 
attention on account of its size, occasionally 
claiming notice by inadvertently flying in 
your face, when you chance to cross its 
line of flight. The cockchafer, May-bug 
or May-beetle, as it is variously called, 
is not generally looked upon with any 
very great amount of love in the agricultural 
world, as he and his family are credited 
with doing dreadful damage to foliage and 
crops. One fact that is often lost sight of 
is that the cockchafer is dependent, as 
far as this country is concerned, upon the 
weather. For several years past there 
have not been so many seen on the wing as 
was the case in the year 1912 ; and 
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