Not EAB (?)
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NortheastAl
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Dennis posted this in another thread
I found them IN Lake Huron when I was swimming a few weeks ago. I was in the lake three or four different days, and found one every day. I know they weren't all the same bug, because a smashed 'em. Not sure what part of their life cycle would take them to water? Maybe just the wind?
It is a shame they are so destructive, because the are neat to look at.
I found them IN Lake Huron when I was swimming a few weeks ago. I was in the lake three or four different days, and found one every day. I know they weren't all the same bug, because a smashed 'em. Not sure what part of their life cycle would take them to water? Maybe just the wind?
It is a shame they are so destructive, because the are neat to look at.
Thanks, guys! I thought it looked too bulbous to be EAB... but just thought I'd double check with someone who's actually seen 'em. I have definitely NOT seen a green June bug before.
I shot these guys on the wall by my back door on July 1. That's what I think when I hear June bug.
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NortheastAl
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I checked, and there are lots of beetles called June bugs. I think those in that pic, Joful, qualify to be included.
Without looking it up, that version of June bug (smaller and prettier than the inch and a half brown ones) infests oak trees. I've seen them in dense swarms around the crowns of red oaks in my hedge rows.
NortheastAl
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We do have plenty of Oak in the area, and I'm surprised I've not seen them before the other day.
They seem to be cyclical somewhat like the Cicadas. In the years I've seen them on my oaks I could watch them emerge in numbers from the ground and fly to the treetops.
NortheastAl
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That's interesting because we were supposed to have a big cicada hatch this year. Not a one did I hear, yet over in the western part of the county they said the noise was deafening. We may have had the June Bug hatch on this side. Go figure?
The first time I witnessed them, I heard a loud hum and thought it was bees. Looking up there were thousands in the top of a big red oak.
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