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They surely want to kill you, they just lack the ability to do so
Like cats
You underestimate cats.
The cat knows you can 1 shot it, and doesn’t like the odds.
Haven’t seen any of these lil guys in the last 8 years 😔
About the same for me, but I saw one about 3 weeks ago. I was so excited because it had been so long, no one else seemed to care as much.
Are these limited to certain states? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these…
Same, just assume they’re all extinct by now.
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A similar golden beetle shows up in south America. Anyone has the scientific name?
you are referring to this Charidotella sexpunctata
No, it’s not like this shiny carapace, it’s rather satin. The elytra is light brown with a golden-green shimmer, and the thorax and head are of a darker green-brown.
there seems to be other charidotella species in South america could be one of those.
It looks like this, but I could never match the picture with an ID: Image
We get “June Bugs” in California. They look just like this, but are brown and fuzzy and squeak when you pet them.
Your June bugs are very different from the ones we get in Texas. Ours aren’t fuzzy, and they don’t squeak. They just clumsily buzz around your porch lights and hit you in the face.
IIRC, there’s like seven different species people call “june bug”.
They always fly in my hair. My dog likes to eat them.
That sounds freaking adorable and now I wish we could trade the kinds of June bugs we get for yours
“This beetle merely wishes to join you in the celebration of the birth of a particular Palestinian prophet, and would like to encourage you to consider including beetles into your festive goodwill”
Oh, it definitely WANTS to kill you.
It just can’t…
“Acute bug fever kills 1200. Sydney in lockdown.”
Definitely a cute bug.
Got one of these in the house yesterday they’re bloody loud. It might not want to kill me but when I want to sleep it’s not long for this world
You get these in southern Africa too, but our ones are just brown
In the Northern Territory of Australia they come in like a metalic green or purple.
In Canberra they’re black overlaid with iridescent colours. They fly noisily when it’s dark
It isn’t one species. It’s a bunch.
what about Christmas Beatles?
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