---
title: "Common Cockchafer"
description: "Melolontha melolontha — Insetti e ragni. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-cockchafer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Cockchafer

> Melolontha melolontha — Insetti e ragni. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Melolontha melolontha*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 24152
- Wikidata: [Q28175](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28175)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48197](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48197)

## Names

- en: Common Cockchafer
- de: Feldmaikäfer
- es: Escarabajo Sanjuanero
- fr: Hanneton commun
- pl: Chrabąszcz majowy

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3517), DE (1918), FR (1455), DK (981), UA (835), AT (714), NL (712), RU (621), IT (619), LT (489), BE (431), LU (350)

## Photo

![Common Cockchafer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-cockchafer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215027650

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-cockchafer?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).