Summer Chafer

A chafer beetle that typically appears from June to August, hence being called the summer chafer and also June bug. It has a life-cycle of two-years. It is a similar size to the garden chafer, the beetle being around 10-15mm in length and reddish brown in colour. It mostly lives in meadow, garden borders, and hedgerows and may be a localised problem of turf. It is typically active at dusk. Its scientific name is Amphimallon solstitiale.

  Welsh Chafer

A chafer beetle that typically appears from June to August. It has a life-cycle of two-years. It is around 10mm in length and brown in colour. It mostly lives in woodland, hedges and grasslands. The grubs do develop in grassland and may be a localised problem in turf surfaces. Its scientific name is Hoplia philanthus.