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.

The beetle is about 4 cm long and is embeded in acrylic glass. The Paperweight "Chockchafer" has a diameter of 8 cm and is a world premiere. Production is limited to 100 pieces.

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