Ukrainian Journal of Forest and Wood Science

The density of the soil of the larvae beetle of genus Melolontha is determined, depending on the pH of the soil. The analysis of forest areas of the State Enterprise “Malinsky Forestry” was conducted for the population of pests depending on the pH level of the soil system. It was established that the most common habitat and the passage of the full cycle of development of the May beetle is a soil system with a pH level of 4.6 to 4.9. With the acidity of the soil close to neutral, the abundance is sharply reduced, indicating that the species is of little use.

generation, Melolontha melolontha L., imago, larva, pH