A new study, published Jan. 18 in Current Biology, looks at a beetle with a unique, 48-hour cycle. The large black chafer beetle, Holotrichia parallela, is an agricultural pest in Asia. Every other ...

European chafer beetles have been in the U.S. for nearly 30 years and arrived in Michigan about 10 years ago. They emerge from the ground starting in late June.

According to one lawn specialist, a milder winter means the European chafer beetle has been out of hibernation longer and is attracting the animals that eat them, for longer too.

Flower chafer beetles are attracted to lights at night, often flying through an open window. Fortunately, they do not produce a stink when threatened nor do they bite.

The beetle has been recently seen at a handful of sites in the old fruit-growing regions of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Last year, a householder recognised a noble chafer beetle ...

The large black chafer beetle, Holotrichia parallela, is an agricultural pest in Asia. Every other night, the female beetles emerge from the soil, climb up a host plant and release pheromones to ...