Re: Beetles
- Subject: Re: Beetles
- From: D* W*
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 09:53:55 -0400
- Resent-Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:10:48 -0700
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Larry,
June bugs are larger, their shell is not iridescent. I think Japanese beetles
are pretty if you can see one indiviually and not in an orgy. (I have witnessed
both modes) Both beetles start as grubs in the soil, which may be why they get
confused.
Larry Newton wrote:
> So I looked at pictures of Japanese beetles on the web, so what the heck are
> "June bugs"? That's what I've always thought of as Japanese beetles. Have
> I been wrong all this time?
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