Comments on: June Beetle http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/ A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:16:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anthony http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 Anthony Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:05:04 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/#comment-2152 hi i found what looks to be june bug larvae in some pine timber i bought for firewood it was split into blocks and two of the blocks i extracted two of these larvae is it common to find these in Ireland? hi i found what looks to be june bug larvae in some pine timber i bought for firewood it was split into blocks and two of the blocks i extracted two of these larvae is it common to find these in Ireland?

]]> By: Judy http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-1661 Judy Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:22:25 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/#comment-1661 Tim, I didn't take pictures, but I saw a couple over the last couple of nights (October 17 and 18). I live in inland Mendocino County, 120 miles north of San Francisco. I guess their whole life cycle must be on a different time track than their springtime cousins, which occur here, but not in the huge numbers that I saw when I lived in Michigan. Thank you for your reply. Judy Tim,
I didn’t take pictures, but I saw a couple over the last couple of nights (October 17 and 18). I live in inland Mendocino County, 120 miles north of San Francisco. I guess their whole life cycle must be on a different time track than their springtime cousins, which occur here, but not in the huge numbers that I saw when I lived in Michigan. Thank you for your reply.
Judy

]]> By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 Tim Eisele Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:03:04 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/#comment-1657 Judy: Bug Guide says that there are about 500 species of these beetles in North America, and their <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/2951/data" rel="nofollow">data page</a> shows that people have submitted pictures from California taken as late as August. There is no reason to think that the records for California shown on that page are complete, and in Texas they are shown as being out as late as November. I guess you just have at least one species that comes out that late. We don't have any of those late species in Michigan, we only see them in May and June. Judy: Bug Guide says that there are about 500 species of these beetles in North America, and their data page shows that people have submitted pictures from California taken as late as August. There is no reason to think that the records for California shown on that page are complete, and in Texas they are shown as being out as late as November. I guess you just have at least one species that comes out that late.

We don’t have any of those late species in Michigan, we only see them in May and June.

]]> By: Judy http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 Judy Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:04:37 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/#comment-1655 Why am I seeing junebugs in the autumn, in northern California? Thank you. Why am I seeing junebugs in the autumn, in northern California?
Thank you.

]]> By: adrian http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-1208 adrian Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:04:41 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/#comment-1208 how do june bugs make their home? what do they eat? what colors do they come in? how do june bugs make their home?
what do they eat?
what colors do they come in?

]]> By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Tim Eisele Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:24:53 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/#comment-1040 Unfortunately, I don't have any really good ideas either. Maybe it's some type of rove beetle? Unfortunately, I don’t have any really good ideas either. Maybe it’s some type of rove beetle?

]]> By: Meagan http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 Meagan Sat, 30 May 2009 23:28:00 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/#comment-1030 Hey i found a beetle(i think)and it doesnt look like the beetles on any websites ive look at..it looks like a cross between a cockroach/earwig and beetle!can someone help me identify it? it has- 6legs has short white and black hair under its head has two antenas has a triangular tail more like cone can fly likes heat and a browny goldeny colour found in ireland Hey i found a beetle(i think)and it doesnt look like the beetles on any websites ive look at..it looks like a cross between a cockroach/earwig and beetle!can someone help me identify it?

it has-
6legs
has short white and black hair under its head
has two antenas
has a triangular tail more like cone
can fly
likes heat
and a browny goldeny colour

found in ireland

]]> By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Tim Eisele Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:18:08 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/#comment-34 Yes, I think that sometimes the best toys are the things that crawl into your house under their own power. I've got a short video of her playing with a woodlouse, too. As for the noise: as far as I know, June Beetles don't make noise other than "crack!" when they hit a window, or the clattering whirr as they fly past your head. The ones that make the loud whining are Cicadas, <a href="http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/09/23/screaming-in-the-trees/" rel="nofollow">like this one</a>. They are, if anything, even bigger than June Beetles. I talk a bit about their sound-generating apparatus in that entry. Yes, I think that sometimes the best toys are the things that crawl into your house under their own power. I’ve got a short video of her playing with a woodlouse, too.

As for the noise: as far as I know, June Beetles don’t make noise other than “crack!” when they hit a window, or the clattering whirr as they fly past your head. The ones that make the loud whining are Cicadas, like this one. They are, if anything, even bigger than June Beetles. I talk a bit about their sound-generating apparatus in that entry.

]]> By: Andy http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Andy Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:18:04 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/12/08/june-beetle/#comment-33 "she liked the “crinkle” noise it made when she squeezed it . . ." Tim, I'm very interested in what your daughter is going to be when she grows up. Seems she's getting experiences that most kids don't - from insectile education to having "toys" that are completely opposite from the Fisher Price variety. I'm speaking as a suburb-dweller, however, so what do I know? But it's still pretty fascinating. Also, thanks for exposing the visual of the June Bug - we hear them all the time downstate in the summer, but I've never seen any until your June Bug picture. One thing you didn't mention - how does a June Bug make that noise? It's such an excessively loud whining; pretty impressive for a little bug. “she liked the “crinkle” noise it made when she squeezed it . . .”

Tim, I’m very interested in what your daughter is going to be when she grows up. Seems she’s getting experiences that most kids don’t – from insectile education to having “toys” that are completely opposite from the Fisher Price variety.

I’m speaking as a suburb-dweller, however, so what do I know? But it’s still pretty fascinating.

Also, thanks for exposing the visual of the June Bug – we hear them all the time downstate in the summer, but I’ve never seen any until your June Bug picture. One thing you didn’t mention – how does a June Bug make that noise? It’s such an excessively loud whining; pretty impressive for a little bug.

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