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  June beetle - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
June beetle or May beetle, a flish or mahogany-colored beetle of the scarab beetle family, widely distributed in North America and especially abundant in the NE United States and the adjacent parts of Canada.
June beetles are sometimes called cockchafers, a name used primarily for some of their close relatives in the Old World.
June beetles are classified in the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, order Coleoptera, family Scarabaeidae.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-junebeet.html   (398 words)

  
 June Beetle, May Beetle, Damage and Control of White Grubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
June Beetles are sometimes called "May Beetles" in certain parts of the country.
Knowledge of when the adult beetles are mating and depositing eggs in the soil will be of the utmost importance for determining when insecticides should or should not be applied to lawns and around shrubs.
The Green June Beetle has a different appearance but its damage to lawns in its larval stage is similar to other white grubs and is controlled in the same manner.
www.pestproducts.com /junebeetle.htm   (852 words)

  
 June Beetle / June Bug - Cirrus Digital Imaging
The June Bug is a member of the scarab beetle family.
Scarabs are stout beetles with large heads and pronotums.
The scarab beetles' antennae are distinctive, clubbed and tipped with leaflike plates called lamellae, that can be drawn into a compact ball, or fanned out when sensing odors.
www.cirrusimage.com /beetles_June.htm   (179 words)

  
 Foogle Business - Prevention of Insects & Bugs in June - June Bugs - Cotinus Nitida - Linnaeus - The June Beetle May ...
June beetle larvae, called white grubs, are about 25 mm long and live in the soil.
Some beetles are of great economic importance; both adults and larvae may destroy crops, timber, and textiles and spread parasitic worms and diseases.
Beetles have hard wing covers - The Elytra, and are in the Genus Coleoptera - the Beetle Family.
www.thesahara.net /june_bugs.htm   (1304 words)

  
 List of Garden Pests and How to Control Them Organically
The Japanese beetle was first noticed in this country in 1916, near Riverton, N. Presumably it came from its native Japan as a grub in soil around the foots of nursery stock, or perhaps in a shipment of iris or azaleas.
Cucumber beetles are injurious not only by the feeding of adults on leaves, stems and fruits, and of larvae on the roots, but also because they are carriers of cucumber wilt bacteria and the mosaic virus.
The bacteria, living over the winter in the beetle's intestinal tract, are inoculated into plants as the beetles feed; the virus is acquired while the insects are feeding on weeds in the spring and then transmitted to the vine crops.
www.organicgardenpests.com /organicpestcontrol3.html   (5225 words)

  
 Green June Beetle
Do not confuse the green June beetle, however, with the familiar brown May or June beetles that are seen flying to lights on summer nights.
To determine that a mound was made by a green June beetle grub, wipe the mound away and feel for a hole in the ground about as wide as your finger.
The large green June beetle grubs come to the surface at night to feed or "graze" on the turf and individuals may migrate long distances (20-30 ft per night).
iaa.umd.edu /umturf/Insects/Green_June_Beetle.html   (1778 words)

  
 June Bug - Search Results - MSN Encarta
June Bug, common name for any of several beetles in the scarab family, also called June beetle.
- large N American beetle: a large brown flying beetle that is seen in late spring and feeds on leaves.
Colorado potato beetle, deathwatch beetle, dung beetle, flea beetle, Japanese beetle, ladybird, ladybug, rhinoceros beetle, roach, scarab, stag...
encarta.msn.com /June_Bug.html   (147 words)

  
 Green June Beetle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hosts: The beetles injure fruits of many kinds, including grapes, peaches, raspberry, flberry, apple, pear, quince, plum, prune, apricot, and nectarine, and frequently feed as well on the sap of oak, maple, and other trees, and on the growing ears of com.
Beetles gain entry into undamaged fruits by gouging with the horn on the front of the head, then feed on the flesh of the fruit.
It is sometimes mistaken for the Japanese beetle, which is smaller (1/2 inch long) with brown wing covers margined with green.
www.ento.okstate.edu /ddd/insects/greenjunebeetle.htm   (403 words)

  
 White Grub Control, Japanese and June Beetle Grubs in Lawns
The grubs are the immature offspring of Japanese Beetles, June Beetles (May Beetles), Chafers.
Identification of the beetle responsible is usually most important if the adult beetle is damaging leaves of ornamentals, shrubs and desirable plants or if control of the adults is warranted to help reduce numbers of egg laying adult beetles.
June Beetles usually have a three year life cycle and Japanese Beetles and certain Chafers have a one year life cycle.
www.pestproducts.com /whitegrubs.htm   (1633 words)

  
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May and June beetles are fairly strong fliers, but they tend to be rather clumsy when they fly about at night, attracted by lights.
Green June beetles are the ones that many people used to play with as children by tying a length of thread to a leg and flying the beetles around the house and yard.
The immature stage of the green June beetle is found in grass, but feeds on decaying organic matter on the soil surface.
www.clemson.edu /psamedia/2001/bbjune7.txt   (639 words)

  
 Royal Alberta Museum: Invertebrate Zoology - Bug Facts - June Beetle
In Alberta June Beetles in this genus are all about 15 to 20 mm long and rather dull brown in colour.
Another species of June Beetle, found in the prairies of Alberta, is the Ten-lined June Beetle, Polyphylla decemlineata, which gets up to 25 mm long and is distinctively marked with alternating, bold, white or cream and greenish-gray lines.
June Beetles are not dangerous to humans as they do not bite.
www.royalalbertamuseum.ca /natural/insects/bugsfaq/junebeet.htm   (423 words)

  
 Japanese Beetle Trapping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Japanese beetle is common to the eastern United States and has been known to be in Missouri for the past 70 years in pockets in Springfield, Sedalia and western Missouri.
Japanese beetle adults often congregate in large numbers to feed on foliage and fruit of 300 to 400 different hosts, including ornamental, tree and small fruit, and corn and soybean plants.
Typical feeding damage by the beetles is often seen as a lace-like pattern on host plant foliages as beetles avoid leaf veins when feeding.
ipm.missouri.edu /pestmonitoring/japbeetle/index.htm   (534 words)

  
 Green June Beetle on Grapes
Green June beetle is a serious direct pest of grapes at harvest, attacking the berries in the ripening clusters.
Green June beetle is attracted to the ripening clusters as the berries soften and the sugar content increases.
The green June beetle is in the Scarab family of beetles and is commonly referred to as a "June beetle" or "Junebug."
www.uky.edu /Ag/Entomology/entfacts/fruit/ef227.htm   (606 words)

  
 Urban IPM: Insects: Beetles: June Beetles and White Grubs
May or June beetles of various species (click on images for larger versions) occasionally feed on foliage of home garden plants, causing no real problems to plants.
Fig beetles are scarabs but are an exception to the normal nocturnal activity of this family.
The fig beetle and its eastern cousin, the green June beetle, Cotinus nitida, have similar larval behaviors.
ag.arizona.edu /urbanipm/insects/beetles/junebeetles.html   (638 words)

  
 Green June Beetle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Green June Beetle - Cotinis nitida L. The adult green June beetle (family Scarabaeidae) is usually 3/4" to 1" long, and 1/2" wide.
In the Mid-Atlantic region the names "June bug" and "June beetle" are commonly used for this insect.
This is the larva of the green June beetle (Cotinis nitida) commonly called white grub.
www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us /4th/kkhp/1insects/junebeetle.html   (315 words)

  
 Japanese Beetle Management in Minnesota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The beetle has two small patches of short white hairs on its rear, and five white hair tufts along each side of the dorsal abdomen.
The larval or grub stage of the Japanese beetle is a "C" shaped white grub that lives in the soil.
It emerges from the soil in late June and July as an adult, to mate and lay eggs.
www.extension.umn.edu /distribution/horticulture/DG7664.html   (1501 words)

  
 June Bug's Gotta eat, Too!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
To clarify, beetles have hard wing covers (elytra) and are in the Coleoptera (Beetle Family), while True Bugs (Hemiptera) have exposed wings, the front wings being leathery at the base and membranous at the tip.
June Beetles, as their name suggests, show up in late spring and remain active for the duration of the warm months.
Even greater damage is caused by June Beetle larvae, which live in the soil and wreak havoc with the root systems of row crops, lawn grasses, and ornamental plants.
www.hiltonpond.org /ThisWeek020708.html   (969 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for june   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
June Days in French history, name usually given to the insurrection of workers in June, 1848.
June bug name for June beetle and mayfly.
Chesapeake U.S. frigate, famous for her role in the Chesapeake affair (June 22, 1807) and for her battle with the H.M.S. Shannon (June 1, 1813).
www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=June   (428 words)

  
 June Beetle - DirtDoctor.com - Howard Garrett - The Dirt Doctor
White grubs are the larval stage of May or June beetles.
There are over 100 species of June bugs in Texas, but this one is responsible for almost all the damage to lawns.
The larvae (grubs) of the green beetles (peach beetles) are among the beneficials.
www.dirtdoctor.com /view_question.php?id=724   (430 words)

  
 White Grubs in Home Lawns - Penn State Entomology Department Fact Sheet
Japanese beetles and northern masked chafer grubs are the predominant damaging white grub species associated with home lawns.
Japanese beetle adults are brilliant metallic green, 3/8 to 1/2 inch long, bearing coppery brown wing covers, with five lateral spots with white hairs on each side of the abdomen, and short gray hairs covering the underside of the insect.
The adult beetle lays its eggs in the ground during the summer.
www.ento.psu.edu /extension/factsheets/white_grubs.htm   (1730 words)

  
 The Palisade Colorado Japanese Beetle Eradication Program Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Mesa Delta ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
An infestation of Japanese beetles Popillia japonica was identified in Palisade (Mesa County) in the summer of 2002.
A series of Japanese beetle traps were placed in the vicinity of the initial beetle capture in Palisade during the last week of July, 2002 by Colorado Department of Agriculture personnel.
Clockwise: the fl turfgrass ataenius (smallest), the Asiatic garden beetle, the Japanese beetle, the oriental beetle, the European chafer, the northern masked chafer, the May or June beetle, and the green June beetle (largest).
www.coopext.colostate.edu /TRA/PLANTS/jb.html   (2053 words)

  
 EPA - June Bugs Invade Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
June beetle larvae infested an Aberdeen Proving Ground golf course, severely damaging the turf.
Green June beetles are known to be one of the top five insect pests on military golf courses and have been ranked as one of the most common golf course pests in the Eastern United States.
Green June beetle larvae (grubs) kill the grass by eating its roots.
www.epa.gov /maia/html/junebug.html   (1431 words)

  
 June Bugs
Summer is the time when people begin to notice large bright green beetles in their yard, called June Bugs or Green June Beetles.
The Green June beetle is 15 to 22 mm long with dull, metallic green wings.
The green June beetle occurs in the eastern United States westward to Kansas and Texas.
www.ces.ncsu.edu /gaston/Pests/junebug.html   (665 words)

  
 Green June Beetle
Becoming active when plants are in the 2- to 4-leaf stage, the grubs feed on organic matter in the soil, burrow through the soil (crawling on their backs) and injure tobacco seedlings by loosening the soil and uprooting plants.
Adult beetles feed on foliage and fruit of trees, shrubs, and fruit crops.
Green June beetle grubs may be controlled in tobacco seedbeds by applying an insecticide drench to infested areas.
ipm.ncsu.edu /AG271/tobacco/green_june_beetle.html   (448 words)

  
 Long-haired June Beetle Pictures
The Long-haired June Beetle or Polyphylla crinita is found inhabiting sandy locations in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
The hissing sound of this scarab beetle may attract attention when trapped in the web of the fl widow spider, where I've found it caught a few times.
The related look-alike, Ten-lined June Beetle or Polyphylla decimlineata, inhabits the Rocky Mountain states of the Western U.S. The Latin term decimlineata means "ten-lined" while crinita refers to the "long-haired" character of the coastal species.
www.bentler.us /eastern-washington/insects/long-haired-june-beetle.aspx   (155 words)

  
 Green June Beetle or Japanese Beetle? (University of Illinois Extension)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Green June beetles are quite prevalent in Central Illinois, but don't cause major harm.
Green June beetles can be confused with the Japanese beetle, although the green June beetle is about twice the size of the Japanese beetle.
Besides the size difference (Japanese beetles are about ½ inch long, while green June beetles are almost 1 inch in length), the Japanese beetle has 6 white spots on each side of its body.
web.extension.uiuc.edu /fulton/news/news3739.html   (217 words)

  
 Mount Hermon June beetle
The Mount Hermon June beetle is distinguished from other species of Polyphylla by the presence of relatively dense, long, erect hairs scattered randomly over the elytra and short erect hairs on the pygidium (abdominal segment) (Young 1988).
"The range of the Mount Hermon June beetle is restricted to the Zayante sand hills habitat of the Ben Lomond-Mount Hermon-Scotts Valley area.
However, the Mount Hermon June beetle is not known to occur in either the Bonny Doon Ecological Preserve or Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.
www.santacruzpl.org /ref/endang/polyphy.shtml   (1576 words)

  
 Green June beetle
Description: Beetles are about 1-inch long and 1/2-inch wide and are colored dull velvety-green on the top, with the sides of the shield behind the head (pronotum) and margins of the flattened wing covers (elytra) a brownish-yellow and underside a bright metallic green with orange-yellow areas.
Larvae are creamy white C-shaped grubs, with a dark brown head, well-developed legs like June beetle larvae and grow up to 2 inches long.
Pest Status: Adult beetles are attracted to decaying or ripe fruit and feed on such; larvae are infrequent pests in lawns and feed on roots of other plants; medically harmless.
insects.tamu.edu /fieldguide/bimg142.html   (260 words)

  
 Green June Beetle Can Damage Fruits, Vegetables--Bug is Known for its Kamikaze Ways 8/4/03
The Green June Beetle, characterized by its large size, buzzing sound and bizarre behavior, is not just a buzzing blunderer.
The Green June Beetle is a dull, velvety green color with an underside of iridescent green.
Although the adults can become airborne, the beetles are not known for their swift skills in flight.
www.oznet.ksu.edu /news/sty/2003/June_beetle080403.htm   (337 words)

  
 Welcome to Fields Crops IPM at Purdue University
White grubs are the immature forms of scarab beetles, the well-known May/June beetles, masked chafer, and Japanese beetle.
May/June beetles have a two to three-year grub cycle (grub stage from August through the next year and sometimes during part of third year), while masked chafer and Japanese beetle have a one-year life cycle (grub stage from late July through mid June the following year).
Japanese beetle grubs are not known to cause economic damage to soybean.
www.entm.purdue.edu /fieldcropsipm/insects/soybeanwhitegrubs.cfm   (779 words)

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