Useful insect. Months seen:  June to August Life span: The adult beetles live for up to 8 weeks Habitat: Meadows, hedgerows and gardens Food: Adults feed on leaves of various plants and trees Special features: Summer Chafers look similar to the cockchafer but they are much smaller and the abdomen is more rounded at the tail end (rather than pointed). retro phone. Requires unimproved pasture for larval development. Larvas improve soil (recycle.. #141378424 - Epicometis hirta Alleculid beetle Tropinota Epicometis hirta.. #134752006 - Close up view of a golden aurata oronia chafer, #142532176 - Cockchafers are copulating on the isolated background, #143262427 - Beetle rose chafer collects nectar on dandelion yellow flowers. This fact sheet deals only with the adult beetles that emerge the following summer to feed above ground and breed the next generation. Add to Likebox #90623117 - A flower chafer covered with pollen feeding on white blossoms. There was only 1 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015, that coming from 1907. Amphimallon solstitiale, also known as the summer chafer or European june beetle, is a beetle similar to the cockchafer but much smaller, approximately 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in length. spring swim. Summer Chafers are declining in numbers now, but where found they are often seen in large numbers. Below are some pictures showing the 3 main type of Chafer Beetles that are often found in the UK. 'It … #113578578 - Large shiny green beetle Cetonia aurata on yellow flower, #117661369 - beetle sanjuanero portrait, Melolontha melolontha, Beetles, Coleoptera, #118474498 - Maybeetle in springtime eating leaves. The striped summer chafer is smaller and less hairy than more familiar beetles including the cockchafer and summer chafer.