June bugs

[tjm]

Get lots of the jap beetles some years. Last summer was bad with them. I was thinking back to when I was kid and we had lots of June bugs, we also had lots of June bearing strawberries, shipped by train car loads, and then all that crop land became fesque.  I'm sure there are some June bugs in the area that I just haven't had a close encounter with, but the last time I recall seeing any they were in a town.

[Terrierman]

It's all cattle country here with fescue pasture (most of the area) interspersed with alfalfa for hay.  Kind of a patchwork savannah effect with the tree lines, wooded draws and such.  It was about five miles from our house where it looked like it was snowing June bugs.

[fishinwrench]

When all the lights are on, my place is lit up like it has its own Sun, therefore every type of bug in the state loves it here.   

Some of the insects I see are alien creatures that can't even be identified.  And we have a "porch toad" that weighs about 2lbs. 😅

[Greasy B]

One of the surprises of moving to a rural area is the lack of bugs. We had an awful Asian beetle infestation this year but very few June bugs and very little of anything else. A couple of decades ago I would visit a sister who use to live near where I now live. Insects would pile up in drifts on her window sills. I can hang out in my garage at night and only see a couple of moths. Go figure?

[Lancer09]

They feel particularly bad this year, sw nixa..

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

On 5/18/2025 at 8:43 AM, Terrierman said:

In all my 73 years I swear there are more June bugs this year than I've ever seen.  We were driving home from Nevada the other night and it sounded like little small grenades constantly hitting the car.  You could see them in the headlights.  One place it almost looked like it was snowing there were so many of them.  I just dropped about 30 out of an empty dog food bowl up at the shop.  There's another 50 or more on the walls and floor.  I'd bet the catfish would bite on one.  It's crazy.

I live in Ozark and my garage is full of them, My parents live kind over your way by Linden and my dad was complaining about his shop being full of them too

[Terrierman]

6 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I live in Ozark and my garage is full of them, My parents live kind over your way by Linden and my dad was complaining about his shop being full of them too

When the shop door is open, the chickens come in for a little food shopping.  They're pretty good on June bug cleanup.  We're still loaded with them.