What's this big chunker? I found it at night and it's about the size of my fingertip.
What'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.
I believe it's a June Beetle. Does it hiss if you tap its back?
Looks like one of the Polyphylla, a Lined June Beetle.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84572-Polyphylla
Location would be good though.
That's it! The location also checks out. Thank you, friend.
iNaturalist app is quite good with identifying bugs
Looks like it may be a Cockchafer beetle.
I think you nailed it.
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.
It's a cockchafer (I'm not making that name up):
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/beetles/common-cockchafer
Thank you!
It's clearly beetle, but that's all I know.
That sir, is a bug