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Cockchafer How Can You Tell a Male Cockchafer from a Female?

Cockchafer Antennae - Photo © Copyright 2001 Gary Bradley
Photo: G. Bradley

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You can tell a male cockchafer from a female cockchafer by their delicate fan shaped antennae. If the antennae have seven leaves each side, it is a male, and if they have six leaves it is a female.


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