Minibeasts Melolontha melolontha

Earthworms, millipedes, pill millipedes, woodlice, springtails, cockchafer larvae, and acarines…The soil is home to a wide variety of species of invertebrates and many of these creatures measure no more than a few millimetres in length.
So that you can get a better idea of what they look like, our model maker has created some amazing magnified versions.

Magnified model of the larva of the cockchafer beetle, Melolontha melolontha, an insect