Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||
The Garden Chafer is found over most of Nottinghamshire, but seems particularly abundant on sandy soils. Around the Mansfield area, it has become a considerable pest of lawns in the past 20 years, when hundreds of adult beetles can sometimes be found within a few square metres of short grass. The larvae feed underground on the roots of grasses. | ||
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Phyllopertha horticola |
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