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Do you know what a Phyllophaga is? Pronounced Feel-o-Fag-a! It has nothing to do with Homos. Its a scientific term, in case U don't know!

Phyllophaga is a very large genus (more than 900 species) of New World scarab beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae. Common names for this genus and many other related genera in the subfamily Melolonthinae are May beetles, June bugs, and June beetles.[1][2] They range in size from 12 to 35 mm (0.47 to 1.38 in)[1][2] and are blackish or reddish-brown in colour, without prominent markings, and often rather hairy ventrally. These beetles are nocturnal, coming to lights in great numbers.

The generic name is derived from the Greek words phyllon (φυλλον), which means "leaf", and phagos (φαγος), which means "eater", with a plural ending.[2]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllophaga




m2c is out of control for moderating this in another thread. 
She needs to be stopped.  This over-reaching is not good for the site.
Its my opinion and I have a right to state it.

Posted - July 24, 2019
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  • I hate those damn things. Only good June bug is a dead June bug.
      July 24, 2019 4:48 PM MDT
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  • I know this sounds kinda mean so I'm hesitant to mention it, but I remember when I was a little kid we used to tie a string onto one of their legs and let them fly around while holding the string.  Sort of an insect kite.  I thought it was fun.  Probably against some law now.  Loved catching fireflies too and putting them in a jar.
      July 24, 2019 5:06 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    As a child, I had my streak of cruelty too.
    I used to tear holes in the webs of orb spiders just so I could watch them mending. :(
      July 24, 2019 5:18 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    And I used to toss flies in their webs. It is fascinating to watch the weave. Another part of town I lived in our house had dozens of them on the pack porch. My wife hated them but I refused to let her kill them as they ate huge amounts of mosquitoes. Every morning she would hose the porch down to get rid of the webs and they would be back the next morning.
      July 24, 2019 5:37 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    I still do that. *giggle*

    We used to catch big water bugs called "Toe Biters" as they are called and keep them in big jars full of water then feed them worms and small frogs. They'd grab the critters and suck them dry. 
      July 24, 2019 5:56 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Ari and I don't remove spiders.
    It means we have an entire ecology -
    daddy-long-legs, little blacks and huntsmen who catch flies and mosquitos, and who are in turn eaten by geckos.
    We feel the need to apologise to guests when they visit.
      July 24, 2019 6:11 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    I won't kill them in the house or outside, even though I have been bitten a few times in bed. If my wife kills one, I give her a 'look' and leave the room.
      July 24, 2019 6:17 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    I used to do that too. LOL
    It's not mean and chances are the thing is going to be dead in a day or two anyways. 

      July 24, 2019 5:55 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    My dogs eat them with gusto like freaking Combo's

    Seeing a Frenchie dive through the air and snatch them is about as rediculous as seeing a corgi dive into water (almost) 
      July 24, 2019 5:33 PM MDT
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  • So gross. I had a dog out in Cali that crunched them.down whenever she could and it used to turn my stomach something awful.
      July 24, 2019 5:35 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    Dogs are disgusting, Mine have gotten into the habit of crusing the stone retainer walls for garter snakes. They've opretty much decimated the population now the mice, toads, andother critters are runnign rampant.

    Ever walk outside and have your porch covered with those damn things, step on them,, and almost break your fricking neck from slipping on them? The's eqiually disgusting  
      July 24, 2019 5:45 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    Our cat brings us 'gifts' but she doesn't kill them. She will bring dead ones though. This year we got a dead chipmunk.
      July 24, 2019 5:49 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    LOL
    Live gifts are the best. Are they not?

    Your cat loves its family it seems. Cats are good like that


      July 24, 2019 5:54 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    She brought us a baby rabbit that appeared to be dead. When she dropped it at our feet, it laid there motionless...until I touched it. Zoom.
      July 24, 2019 5:58 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    Wow! How little was that rabbit and how big is your cat?
      July 24, 2019 5:58 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    This isn't my cat but it shows the relative size.

      July 24, 2019 6:03 PM MDT
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  • I hate those damn things. Only good June bug is a dead June bug.
      July 24, 2019 4:48 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    We have several species here - which we call Christmas beetles.

    The golden ones sometimes so numerous they fly into your face and strip trees of their leaves.Christmas beetles comp





    The dung beetles are a great advantage on our place. They bury the horses' poop underground where the rain can't leach away the nutrients quite so rapidly - makes the soil more fertile. Alas, they prefer cattle poo, so we don't have as many of the bugs as we'd like.
    Dung Beetle

    This post was edited by inky at July 24, 2019 5:39 PM MDT
      July 24, 2019 5:15 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    Oh! Those metallic beetles are so beautiful looking but I can only imaging the hellacious damage they cause.  We have lRose beetles with are an emerla Metallic coulr and they will streep the leaves of your bush incredibly fast

    Those Dung beetles are absolutely hilarious and crack me uip the way they roll the poop withtheir ass-end. lololol
    I've seen them on movies and wildlife shows and wish they were here, though I suspect some of the people holding political office are related to them.



      July 24, 2019 5:39 PM MDT
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  • Youse got emerald ash borers up there yet?
      July 24, 2019 5:45 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    God,  yes
    and the pine borers are out of control. I had one fly into my house last evening two nights ago...
    I'm curious..do you have Hogweed around you???
     
      July 24, 2019 5:52 PM MDT
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  • Yep! We do.  It's pretty well managed now though.
      July 24, 2019 5:55 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    That stuff scares the hell out of me. I'm always on the look out for it
      July 24, 2019 5:57 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    We have several species of emeralds,
    hundreds of species of borers adapted to specialist niches,
    but no emerald ash borers.

    The borers can kill trees if they get too numerous,
    but when the ecology has a healthy balance there are plenty of insectivorous birds to keep the populations in check.
    Usually, it's only the very ancient trees with lower immunity that get the worst attacks and when they hollow out they provide essential nesting places for many species of birds.
      July 24, 2019 5:59 PM MDT
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