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I’ll be sure to read more. Thx, I wanted to post photos to do comparisons but I can’t add attachment b/c there’s not a link available. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. I guess scarab is a common name, too, even though it’s derived from it’s family name? They have the same name, but they’re not the same species. Loved doing that. Hi Dr Dragonfly! I guess I consider all common names nicknames anyway. I hope you’ll let me know if you ever find out what it was! Now imagine two people from different areas discussing the aquatic insects that live in or on their farm ponds over the phone.
Whether they’re “June bugs” or not depends so much on where you’re from originally, but a lot of people in Tucson do call those little brown guys June bugs. It’s fascinating to me how different groups of people use different names for things. The strange bug that makes the clicking sound at night. Even when there are “official” common names, nothing’s stopping anyone from calling it something else. We’d take turns holding the other end while the ‘June Bug’ randomly flew here & yon.
Tucson gets a LOT of those little brown ones! Yes, both are often called June bugs, depending on where you live. Seems they land that way. So few groups of insects have “official” common names that you end up with several different common names for the same species, or the same common name referring to several different species. But, I’ve also seen potato bug applied to many different species, too. You can see where the common name confusion comes into play! I grew up in Arizona and always thought the buzzing sound of cicadas was made by the larger shiny green “June bug” beetle because I usually hear it around June every summer! How interesting! In West Virginia it was well known that the ‘Locusts’ would swarm every 7 years or so and cause all manner of havoc. Some people in the US call the green ones June bugs and the brown ones May beetles too! We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. It has been living in it for almost 2 months and seems to like it. It’s not surprising that people use the same phrases for wildly different things, but it’s fun to hear about specifics in different areas!
Yes, this is one instance where you’re both right! Miss the Tennessee June bug. I was raised mostly calling them scarabs, rather than june bugs. Think about some of the many common names that members of the aquatic bug family Gerridae have: water striders, water skaters, water skimmers, Jesus bugs, pond skaters, and pond skimmers are just a few. Hmmm… Wonder if your June bugs were one of the Chrysina species. I lived in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana for 45 years and our June bugs have always been the brown ones. Once the June bug emerges, it is extremely attracted to light. i know they make a bbbzzz sound, but i meen like a tick tick crackle crackle clap clap clap sound?
However, if one person calls them water skaters and the other calls them Jesus bugs, they might never realize that they’re talking about the same insect! © 2009-2016 C. L. Goforth. Every scientist uses the same scientific name when referring to a species, regardless of the country he/she lives in. We all grew up in the same city, so we share the same June bug. Dragonflies have official common names in the US, but even so the wandering glider (Pantala flavescens) is often called a hurricane fly or a globe skimmer, both in the US and in other countries. That might be the same sort of June bug my mom knows from the opposite corner of your state.
read more, Which beetle you claim as a June bug is largely a regional thing, with people in a lot of the midwestern US calling brown scarab beetles similar to this one June bugs while people in the south and parts of the southwest consider a bright green scarab their June bug. The bugs I call June bugs there are the big metallic green ones, but they’re ultimately all scarabs that are out during the summer. I want to see how long it will survive if given proper living conditions. If you happen to check back, do you happen to know the species? Do you have lights on around the outside of your house? They seem to disappear as fast as they come. Turns out only a few populations in my area called them that, and that maybe the name was brought down from Maine or New Hampshire.
I quit tying the legs after I accidentally tied it too tight & broke its leg off. I did that as a kid too. :). Interesting! I had a little satisfaction though when he picked his beetle up and it relieved itself on him! But my mother learned English from the dictionary/encyclopedia as a teenager. Sunburst beetle rolls off the tongue a lot more easily than Thermonectus marmoratus and it’s a lot easier to remember for someone who doesn’t work with scientific names on a regular basis. June beetles will only make a fluttering sound with their wings under their shells. Interesting! Pingback: Contagions Round-up 12: Friends, Romans, and Microbes Naturally « Contagions, I think that’s funny that you call Missouri’s June bug a potato bug, when Utah’s potato bug is this http://images.flowers.vg/1024×768/potato-bug.jpg. Scientists often stick to scientific names, two-word names that are attached to individual described species. I haven’t read through all the comments but i find this quite interesting: From your article I get the idea that people in the US mostly know either brown or green-metallic scarabs in their area and call them june bugs. The June bug's eggs are laid under the ground and can remain there for as long as three years as larva before emerging.
I love them in part because they ARE so clumsy. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Regardless, I think it’z marvelous, and I’m glad you’re seeing lots too! Now I want to ask my entomologist friend who grew up in Oregon what she considers as a June bug. I’m from Kentucky and the June bugs here are the large green ones. Phyllophaga (white grubs) recorded by Jamee Brandhorst-Hubbard w/ soil microphone [449 kB, 9 s]. Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. I always thought they were attracted to the heat around the eaves. Source(s): https://shrinke.im/a8jGv. His June bug is an invasive species while mine is a native. I found it both educational and entertaining. I live in east texas and I believe the scientific name for the insect that we call a june bug is Phyllophaga sp. Get confused about the meaning of “Alligator” and you’re short an arm. It wasn’t until much later that I realized that I didn’t even have the same June bug as my dad.
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