can someone please id this bug. it's small, brown, and flies...and it's time this bug dies. they eat everything! i would like to stop them before they really take over because by the summer's end they can be out of control. please help. thank you! :o))
Is it crunchy when you step on it? I can't tell, it's a little blurry, but it looksl ike a June Bug to me.
1. Also called May beetle. any of several large, brown beetles of the genus Phyllophaga, of the scarab family, appearing in late spring and early summer.
2. See green June beetle.
3. Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S.a firefly. Also,June'bug".
The adults, which may swarm in great numbers in early summer and are attracted to lights, feed by night on the foliage of deciduous trees and hide during the day. The eggs are laid in the soil, where the larvae, called white grubs, remain for two or three years, eating the roots and other underground parts of grasses, grains, and trees. The grubs cause great destruction to lawns and fir trees. Many birds and small mammals, such as skunks and pigs, root out the grubs and eat them. The insects pupate underground in the fall and emerge as adults the following spring. June beetles are sometimes called cockchafers, a name used primarily for some of their close relatives in the Old World. They are closely allied to the leaf chafers, including the rose chafer. June beetles are classified in the phylum Arthropoda , class Insecta, order Coleoptera, family Scarabaeidae.
Sorry I can't help more, but I just let my dog eat them!
This message was edited Jun 2, 2006 10:37 PM
