c/whatsthisbug · by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works · 3yWhat's this big chunker? I found it at night and it's about the size of my fingertip. I tried to usher it out but it decided to play dead. 20 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world
11 Comments
RiderExMachina@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
I believe it's a June Beetle. Does it hiss if you tap its back?
Saeveo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Looks like one of the Polyphylla, a Lined June Beetle.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84572-Polyphylla
Location would be good though.
CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
That's it! The location also checks out. Thank you, friend.
merde@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
iNaturalist app is quite good with identifying bugs
gina@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Looks like it may be a Cockchafer beetle.
SocializedHermit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I think you nailed it.
SocializedHermit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Pretty sure it's in the family of large flying beetles like Giant Fig Eater Beetles. Location is important for identification, you could be almost anywhere in the world.
OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
It's a cockchafer (I'm not making that name up):
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/beetles/common-cockchafer
CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Thank you!
XEAL@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 3y
It's clearly beetle, but that's all I know.
Just_A_Human@sh.itjust.works · -3 pts · 3y
That sir, is a bug