June Bugs!

[hannahsarah]

Polyphylla decemlineata, to be exact.

Two of these beauties just careened into my kitchen, and were thwacking around on the cabinets.  I managed to catch them both, and thanks to the internets I could look them up.  I was able to ascertain that:

1.  They are not endangered (i.e. the Mt. Hermon June Beetle is rare and protected)
2.  They are actually

Comments

[jayed]

I have no idea how to display those, but that is one stunning beetle!!!

Reminds me of the beetles I used to find as a kid. My dad, being a carpet fitter hated them (he said they ate wool).:)

Very nice!

[hannahsarah]

They're very cute! A bit over an inch long, and they hiss at you when they feel threatened! If I knew that they would go on and live, I'd let them go. I tend to only collect things that are dead/dying already.

My daughter is completely enthralled.

[kangaekaeru]

Those are lovely. :D
There's a how-to somewhere in the community about how to successfully spread insects... hmm.

[w3nna]

Shame the little bastards aren't endangered, I haaaaaaaaaate june bugs. They're EVERYWHERE around here.

(I kid, I mean I hate them but <3 the ecosystem and all that...)

[lilsongbird]

Don't suppose I could convince you to nab a few for me? I used to have them in my collection til I loaned them out to be used in an education display. The person I loaned them too didnt keep a close enough eye and they ended up dismantled. The area I moved to doesn't get them and while I hate most bugs, I like those buggers since they remind me of childhood summers

[w3nna]

I would not mind at all, however now that I look at that link it's actually not the exact same bug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_chafer

Those are the ones we have around here. I'll be happy to get some for you if you still want some!

[lilsongbird]

I'd love some! I am putting together some museum style bug displays for a bug loving family member, so the more types of bugs the better! I'm too far north for chafers.

[araneus]

I'd happily grab you a female, but I have no idea where to look for one. I find dead ones underneath things in my yard constantly, but I don't know if they landed there and died after flying or if they were flightless to begin with.

[hannahsarah]

I never say no to free bugs! :-D

[araneus]

Now that I want to find them, I've managed to get one male. Ugh. I'll keep looking!

[araneus]

Oh and mine are also the species in the comment above. I've never seen the striped ones before.