People across the country have reported cockchafers entering their home. The insects emerge every year and fly around our homes, in a season that lasts six to eight weeks.
The insects, which grow to more than an inch long, live underground for three to four years as larvae feeding on grass roots then emerge as flying adults that make a loud whirring sound in flight.
People have taken to Twitter in the past week to report the giant flying beetles in their homes, reports the Star.
The beetles, which are attracted to light, are a known garden pest - munching on grass roots and leaving brown patches in gardens in their larvae stage - but are actually harmless to humans.
Clark Davis, of St Albans, Herts, said: “It sounded like a bloody helicopter, but upon closer inspection was this weird-looking bug which I since found out is called a - wait for it - cockchafer.
“What an odd world we live in.”
Gaia Sophia said one of the bugs whacked her in the face, adding: “When a cockchafer hits you in the face you know about it.”
ErikTat wrote: “Sitting down to watch TV and this giant bug hits me in the face, and then hits me in the face again. This isn’t a tiny bug, it’s a massive cockchafer and it’s scary!”
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