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Any bug experts here?
08-10-2015 | Me

Posted on 08/10/2015 10:58:34 AM PDT by Kevin in California

Been living in the Bay Area (San Jose) since 1967 and have never seen one of these beetles until the last week or so. The pic is deceiving but this thing is pretty good sized. Sounds like a mini 747 when it flies. Also, has a bad ass shiny green color almost looks like it was green anodized.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: beetle; california; greenjunebeetle; insect; junebeetle
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1 posted on 08/10/2015 10:58:34 AM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: Kevin in California

O! You are doomed! Make out your will immediately.


2 posted on 08/10/2015 10:59:33 AM PDT by rey
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To: Kevin in California

Have you contacted M$ for the latest patches?


3 posted on 08/10/2015 11:00:32 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Kevin in California
I have no idea what that is, but I bet it is a protected species. Unless it died of natural causes, you could be in big trouble!

;)

4 posted on 08/10/2015 11:01:05 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: rey

It’s a June bug.


5 posted on 08/10/2015 11:01:16 AM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: Kevin in California

Japanese beetle. Nasty destructive pest insect.


6 posted on 08/10/2015 11:01:21 AM PDT by drunknsage
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To: Kevin in California

Google “June Bug”.


7 posted on 08/10/2015 11:01:25 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Kevin in California

It’s not a bug—it’s a feature.


8 posted on 08/10/2015 11:01:36 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Kevin in California

Japanese Beetle. Louder than a Volkswagen (Beetle).


9 posted on 08/10/2015 11:01:37 AM PDT by donozark (We grow too soon old and too late smart...)
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To: Kevin in California
It's a green June Bug. Google Green Beetle
10 posted on 08/10/2015 11:02:39 AM PDT by girlscout
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Reminds me of the old Carson joke when the bug fell out of the broken blender, “No wonder it doesn’t work, the engineer died ...”


11 posted on 08/10/2015 11:03:30 AM PDT by 11th_VA ("We're not gonna take it ANYMORRRRRE !!!")
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To: Kevin in California

We just call them click beetles cause of the sound they make. But I think it is properly called a brown beetle. There is a species known as the click beetle but they have longer bodies.


12 posted on 08/10/2015 11:03:33 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Kevin in California

Japanese beetle.


13 posted on 08/10/2015 11:03:39 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: Kevin in California

Scratch that, it’s a Green June Bug aka Cotinis nitida


14 posted on 08/10/2015 11:03:58 AM PDT by drunknsage
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To: girlscout

Yup - it’s just a click away.


15 posted on 08/10/2015 11:04:04 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: Kevin in California

The shiny green color makes it sound like a Japanese beetle. Are your roses and/or battleships safe?


16 posted on 08/10/2015 11:04:25 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The 1st amendment is the voice and the 2nd is the teeth of freedom. Obama wants to knock out both.)
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To: Kevin in California

Japanese Beetle


17 posted on 08/10/2015 11:04:46 AM PDT by dforest
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To: lastchance; Kevin in California

It is obvious I am not an expert.


18 posted on 08/10/2015 11:04:53 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Kevin in California

“I for one, welcome our new overlords”


19 posted on 08/10/2015 11:05:02 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: Kevin in California
Japanese beetle, its larva is in your grass as grubs that eat the roots of your grass. Treat the lawn with an insecticide in early June and early July. Treat ground cover, too, such as wood chips (you'll find the grubs under there, too).

The beetle attacks luscious leaves and the result is a lattice work of the leaves, particular in stone-fruit trees (cherry, peach).

20 posted on 08/10/2015 11:05:58 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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