Subject: Enormous June bug?
Location: San Marcos, Texas
May 18, 2012 12:38 am
Hey Bugman! I saw this gigantic beetle in a parking lot this evening. It was moving very slowly and I never saw it attempt to fly, but it looks like a huge June bug. I’ve never seen one so big, so it made me curious about whether or not it’s actually a June bug. Thoughts? Thaaanks!
Signature: Brittani Wray
Grapevine Beetle
Hi Brittani,
You are very astute to observe that this Grapevine Beetle belongs in the Scarab Family with June Beetles, the more correct common name for the June Bug. We can’t imagine what this Grapevine Beetle is going to do with that quarter.
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Location: Texas
Feeding the parking meter!
well, thanks again WTB. a few clicks and i ID’ed this guy that i saw fly past me tonight and swatted down for a closer look. this is clearly what i caught, down to the 4 spots down each side. However, i live just outside Philadelphia PA so was surprised to see something related to grape vines. I looked it up on Wikipedia and saw that indeed someone recently updated the page to include in habitat “and Western Pennsylvania, and in Philadelphia on 6-30-12″
Hi again Nipsey,
We especially liked hearing that we were helpful in two identifications the same day.