They are not very good for the garden, Melolontha melolontha, you may call them something else in the States. The adults eat the plant leaves and we find the white grubs in the soil where they feed on the roots of plants while they mature. I was just fascinated seeing it on the first of May when we call it a May bug.
a french garden 
Except for the eyes…looks like it could be part of the plant! Great photo.
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They are not very good for the garden, Melolontha melolontha, you may call them something else in the States. The adults eat the plant leaves and we find the white grubs in the soil where they feed on the roots of plants while they mature. I was just fascinated seeing it on the first of May when we call it a May bug.
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I can see why you were fascinated. The ugly bugs draw me in that way. Hate them / love them, strictly from a ‘non-gardening’ point of view.
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Nice photo, well done
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Thank you. Do you think I should have stood on it instead of taking its picture?
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NO What a feat of enginering that something built like a tank can actually fly.
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O.K. I’ll try to ignore the holes in the plants and be more appreciative of the beast’s design features.
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