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08-10-2015
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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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KEYWORDS: beetle; california; greenjunebeetle; insect; junebeetle
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To: Kevin in California
That’s a Junebug. Harmless, at least here they are.
To: Kevin in California
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posted on
08/10/2015 12:37:57 PM PDT
by
Figment
To: Kevin in California
Rather than read the other posts I’m going to ask the question:
Are you logged in?
Moose, Cheese, Sister?
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posted on
08/10/2015 12:39:59 PM PDT
by
scott0347
(Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
To: Original Lurker
To: T-Bone Texan
I spray Malathion occasionally. Nasty stuff you really don’t want to even breathe the fumes of.
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posted on
08/10/2015 12:44:26 PM PDT
by
lwd
To: Kevin in California
I say leave it alone, cuz when it matures it will be real helpful:
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posted on
08/10/2015 12:50:31 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
To: Hot Tabasco
Right, then they’re kinda greeny-yellow.
To: Kevin in California
I think that’s a hissing beetle!
Seriously, they have like hairs on their legs which when rubbed together, make a sound like the beetle is hissing at you.
It will kinda rear up and go postal if you know what I mean.
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posted on
08/10/2015 1:43:20 PM PDT
by
djf
("It's not about being nice, it's about being competent!" - Donald Trump)
To: Kevin in California
That's the latest DARPA drone. Just released for field trials by DHS.
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posted on
08/10/2015 1:54:29 PM PDT
by
kitchen
(The people on the left are enemies, not countrymen with different opinions.)
To: Kevin in California
I think you may have a Green June beetle; compare to Japanese beetle.....
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posted on
08/10/2015 2:27:49 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: djf
Seriously, they have like hairs on their legs which when rubbed together, make a sound like the beetle is hissing at you.
You're talking about environmental feminists who hang out at "Occupation" rallies, right?
To: JoeProBono
To: Kevin in California
It looks like a Dung Beetle, aka a scarab.
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posted on
08/10/2015 6:53:14 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: ViLaLuz
It’s a Junebug. We used to catch them and tie a string to one of their legs and “fly” them around and around. Harmless, don’t bite, don’t destroy any vegetation that I’m aware. Nobody here bears them ill will, look forward to seeing them really, harbinger of summer that they are, like lightning bugs which appear along about the same time.
To: Original Lurker
June bugs are bigger than that, and have stripes on their back.
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posted on
08/10/2015 6:59:30 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: JoeProBono
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08/10/2015 7:31:11 PM PDT
by
Diamond
(He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
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