Stats

Lifespan

1-3 years

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Flying

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Common

About

The stout brown scarabs known as June beetles, May beetles, and chafers — a huge worldwide group whose adults blunder into porch lights on warm early-summer nights. Their fat, white, C-shaped grubs live underground for months to years, chewing on plant roots before emerging as beetles.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae