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    • Specimen of the Week 293: The Cockchafer

    By Rowan J J Tinker, on 26 May 2017

    The common European cockchafer, Melolontha melonlontha. LDUCZ-L239

    The common cockchafer. LDUCZ-L239.

    Behold. What divine wings of clumsy bumbletude are brought in on the wind? Mitchamador
    Hark. Who buzzes and squeaks betwixt the trees? An Oak-wib
    Prod? It is I who takes rest beneath this loamy soil. The Snartlegog

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