Common Cockchafer
Melolontha melolontha
Insectstrong against fungi, fish
Common
While active with another insect in play, each of its attacks also hits the opposing bench for 10, without knocking them out (20 with two others).
Melolontha melolontha
Photo: © Gilles San Martin (original photo) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
The common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), known colloquially as the Maybug, Maybeetle, or doodlebug, among many other names, is a species of scarab beetle belonging to the genus Melolontha. It is native to Europe, and it is also one of the several closely-related and morphologically similar species of Melolontha called cockchafers, alongside Melolontha hippocastani (the forest cockchafer), with which it shares several physical and behavioural characteristics, including sexual dimorphism, mating practices, and its lamellae.
The mating behaviour is controlled by pheromones. The males usually swarm during the mating season while the females stay put and feed on leaves. When cockchafers feed, they cause leaves to release green leaf volatiles, which the males can detect and thus locate females for mating. The larvae use both the plant volatiles and CO2 to locate the plant root for food.
The cockchafer develops via metamorphosis, in which the beetle undergoes stages of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults, and it is also an important and nutritious food source for many predators. The adults and larvae feed on plants, and are regarded as agricultural pests of crops such as grasses and fruit trees. Adults have harmful effects for the crop when they aggregate in large groups. The larvae can cause severe damage and kill the plant by gnawing the plant roots.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Cockchafer, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.
Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
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DEF 37