Id Please!!!!

[P. Novak]

I found this today, and I acutally find a couple every year. I live in california. Its about an inch long. Can anyone ID it for me? Thanks. Heres some pics. Also is there anyway I can keep these in captivity?

 

[Canfire]

Thats a june bug. I find them up in clearwater all the time they lay their larvae in the sand pits.

 

[ArachnoCrazy]

more exact a Ten-lined June Bug(Polyphylla decimlineata)

 

[P. Novak]

Oh alrighty, THANKS alot! What do they eat? Can I keep it in captivity?

 

[Canfire]

i think it might eat fruit but i could be wrong

 

[psionix]

more exact a Ten-lined June Bug(Polyphylla decimlineata)

Polyphylla decemlineata

...Polyphylla decemlineata are known to feed on the leaves of trees (Johnson 1954). At the end of the flight period each evening, males burrow back into the soil, emerging repeatedly on subsequent evenings to search for mates until their nutrient reserves expire (Hazeltine 1993). Females are believed to lay eggs at the bottom of their burrows and die a short time later. The life cycle continues as newly hatched larvae tunnel from the burrow in search of roots.

 

[Amanda]

Wow! Our june bugs are solid brown. That guy's awesome. I'm always the one that finds them on their backs in the house and sets them straight again. Very funny little bugs.

 

[P. Novak]

Wow! Our june bugs are solid brown. That guy's awesome. I'm always the one that finds them on their backs in the house and sets them straight again. Very funny little bugs.

Haha seriously these things do not know how to flip themselves back over.


Thanks for the info guys!

 

[Canfire]

lol we used to put them on top of ant hills while they were flipped over it was kinda funny. My dad says when he was a kid there were hundreds no your lucky to see about 3 in clearwater

 

[Stickytoe]

The ones I've caught make a hissing/rattleing sound when disturbed....it's really neat.

Also, I've read that the members of this species that are up in the Sierras eat pine needles.......

 

[ArachnoCrazy]

psionix i used the right spelling see http://bugguide.net/node/view/6719

 

[psionix]

psionix i used the right spelling see http://bugguide.net/node/view/6719

LOL, right under the pic on that link it's got it's spelled both correctly and incorrectly.

Ten-lined June Beetle (Polyphylla decimlineata) - Polyphylla decemlineata