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Updated: August 3, 2026
In the north of England, where it is much used as a killing bait for trout, the insect is commonly known by the name of 'bracken-clock, a name of the same import with the Staffordshire term 'fernshaw, each signifying 'fern-beetle." Another correspondent says Scarabaeus horticola, called "the chovy" in Norfolk, is there deemed very injurious to apple-trees, and other trees and plants, as it feeds both on leaves and all the parts of the flower.
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