Meet The Beetles

Moses03

Moses03

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No, not those Beatles, but these guys that insist on dive bombing me when I go out in the backyard:

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They are called figeater beetles and seem to be common in parts of Texas. I think of them as oversized June bugs with garish paint jobs.:cool:
 
Beetles:

  • Phyllophaga (genus), a genus of beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae of the family Scarabaeidae, also known as June bugs or June beetles
  • The Green June beetle (Cotinis nitida), of the southeastern United States
  • The Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata), of the western United States and Canada
  • The Figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis), of the western and southwestern United States
  • The European chafer (Rhizotrogus majalis/Amphimallon majalis), a beetle native to continental Europe, but now also in North America

"Junebug", a nickname for Dale Earnhardt Jr.


So, besides Dale Jr, apparently figeaters ARE June bugs. I always though junebugs were black and red, sort of firefly-y, but apparently those are box elder beetles.
 
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