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4 Comments

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

Check out Gordon's link: I've been finding a lot of beetles like this ever since summer hit and they've been Phyllophaga. Pretty neat, I saw a few chewing on an oak tree in my yard.

semorgan86
semorgan86 12 years ago

Very well could be. We all discussed it before I posted and Japanese beetle was the consensus - but may very well be wrong because June bug was our other choice

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 12 years ago

Hmmm.... Are you sure this isn't a June bug? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllophaga...

Japanese beetles are a bright metallic green and rusty red wing covers with several white spots on the edge of the abdomen. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_be...

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

Kind of blurry, so it's tough to tell, but it looks more like a May beetle (or June beetle...). The Japanese beetles are smaller and have furry patches on their abdomen. May beetles are attracted to lights in the early summer months and are a brownish color usually.

semorgan86
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semorgan86

Indiana, USA

Spotted on May 25, 2011
Submitted on May 26, 2011

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