We’d take turns holding the other end while the ‘June Bug’ randomly flew here & yon. “, He was born to a Quaker family in Martinsville, Indiana in 1898. & feel plastic to the touch. when in flight. I live in central Ca, and every June, my front porch is littered with dying bugs that I have called Junebugs.

And it is Brown and they drive me crazy!! But my mother learned English from the dictionary/encyclopedia as a teenager. To enable Verizon Media and our partners to process your personal data select 'I agree', or select 'Manage settings' for more information and to manage your choices. I love them in part because they ARE so clumsy. Clearly they’re different species, but my point is that most people are going to be hard pressed to know the difference between the two and thus “June bug” is applied to both species. Most of the native Tucsonan children I talked to when I used to do outreach programs in schools thought of the green ones as the June bugs, not the brown ones. Common names have their place for sure, but they also cause confusion. Sunburst beetle rolls off the tongue a lot more easily than Thermonectus marmoratus and it’s a lot easier to remember for someone who doesn’t work with scientific names on a regular basis. I guess I consider all common names nicknames anyway. It's really quiet actually, unless one buzzes near your ear (I hate that!) The green ones I always called a Scarab. If you are outside during this invasion, they will pelt you like little drunk kamikazes. With your help, I now can “discuss” the topic.

As a kid I recall just how powerful they were. My mother grew up in Missouri. Do they have line of bright white fur on their bellies and about 3/8 inch long? Interesting! Certainly looks a lot like it! Phrases like “June bug” and “May fly” are so generic that they can easily be applied to almost any species of insect. Interesting! I was afraid of them for years.

My sister and I were playing with the beetles we called potato bugs (i.e., the little brown scarabs, my dad’s name for them) that were crawling on the window screen under the porch light and my mom slipped and called them June bugs and not potato bugs for the first time. In fact, this morning there were at least 100 hovering and diving into the grass in our background. I hope you’ll let me know if you ever find out what it was!

Mutabilis is the June bug dive bombing me today in Charlotte. Funny. I’m from Kentucky and the June bugs here are the large green ones. Now that I’m an entomologist and people ask me what a June bug is, I ask them what color they think a June bug is before I give them an answer. Scorpion: Any of several species of skink or snake. They mostly get the black Beatles that they call Japanese Beatle.

I love having that many June bugs around! Since green is my favorite color and the Green Scarab is so beautiful I love them too. They have the same name, but they’re not the same species. The strange bug that makes the clicking sound at night. That sounds about right! We had no idea that such a thing was possible! ), I love hearing about all the different common names that various insects have! Made me laugh. I want to see how long it will survive if given proper living conditions. read more. :). We’d fly them for 15 or 20 minutes and then let them go. Our June bugs just emerged here, but there are tons of them out right now! Thanks so much for sharing! I had no idea they were both considered June Bugs. I’m basing all of this solely on my own observations of what are likely very similar beetles to the brown June bugs you’re seeing. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. They June bug I grew up with where in Tennessee an as kids we would catch them an tie a piece of sewing string around them an fly them around the yard. Now in Eastern, PA I am getting my fill of the Green June Bugs again. I know the brown scarabs in Arizona are HIGHLY attracted to lights and will flock to them at night in droves. 0 0. I’ve moved to North Carolina in the last few months and am really enjoying all the nitida flying around the area where I’m working. For my dad, June bugs will always be green scarabs because that’s what he grew up with. I saw one of these swarms and it was crazy. Thanks for sharing though! The June bug's eggs are laid under the ground and can remain there for as long as three years as larva before emerging. :). Some people in the US call the green ones June bugs and the brown ones May beetles too! I’m really glad I found your site and this post. Geographic differences make a huge difference when it comes to assigning common names to species. Interesting! I don’t know what we thought they were. They’re the most annoying thing ever alway pinging at window screens ew. I lived in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana for 45 years and our June bugs have always been the brown ones. Now I want to use it – and I currently live in the southeast, so it feels like the right kind of thing to use in these parts. I grew up in Arizona and always thought the buzzing sound of cicadas was made by the larger shiny green “June bug” beetle because I usually hear it around June every summer!