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insectlove:

entomolog: Scarabaeus melolontha (photo/text by Filipe Caetano on Flickr). Linnaeus called the European cockchafer Scarabaeus melolontha. Étienne Louis Geoffroy used Melolontha as a genus name (1762), but his book has been suppressed by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature, and the authority for the name is the later (1775) publication by Johan Christian Fabricius. (Wikipedia)

Ok, this little critter is damn cute, but COCKCHAFER??? REALLY WORLD? REALLY?

insectlove:

entomologScarabaeus melolontha (photo/text by Filipe Caetano on Flickr). Linnaeus called the European cockchafer Scarabaeus melolontha. Étienne Louis Geoffroy used Melolontha as a genus name (1762), but his book has been suppressed by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature, and the authority for the name is the later (1775) publication by Johan Christian Fabricius. (Wikipedia)

Ok, this little critter is damn cute, but COCKCHAFER??? REALLY WORLD? REALLY?

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