The Cockchafer beetle Melolontha melolontha (also known as a May-bug) is 2-3cm long and blunders about at night at this time of year. When you have a chance to look at them closely they are rather beautiful and surprisingly hairy.
They are quite noisy beetles and if I'm out in the evening they tend to get caught in my fringe - which is alarming. Although I've managed, through experience, to stifle my instinct to scream.
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