OMG, June Bugs..

[Corgigal]

What fresh hell is this? Our first spring living in Kentucky, and these bugs are sitting on our outside screen every night.

How do we kill them? Got 3 doggies, so want to be careful with poisons.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. My cats eat them, but only if they get inside,

which I do not like. I especially hate it when they (the bugs, not the cats) throw themselves against the windows. Whack, whack, whack, until a cat gets them. If they're on the outside on a screen maybe you could squirt water on them from the inside.

[Corgigal]

9. No..

Just no, I don't want them knocking on my windows. Never heard of such a thing.

[lame54]

48. My cat used to eat them...

The crunch would make me cringe

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

49. Yes, the crunch is disturbing.

What was worse was the time one of my cats ate a centipede.

[bdtrppr6]

2. catch em

tie thread to their legs, and let em fly!

your newest flying pet!

cruel, sure, but hours of fun as a child.

[Docreed2003]

3. That was my favorite thing about TN summers as a kid!!

[brush]

7. Yeah, we used to do that too. June bugs are harmless, no need to kill them.

[csziggy]

4. Lights!

Exposure to light for longer intervals is responsible for killing June bugs. They are usually found dead in the morning under porch lights and windows.

June bugs are very annoying and cause destruction to vegetation and crops. If you want to get rid of them, use insecticides that mix with the soil. To kill June bugs, you have to destroy their eggs and grubs. Another traditional method is placing an open jar with a white light at its mouth. Pour some vegetable oil at the base. Keep the jar open, so that the bugs, when attracted to light for longer periods, would fall into the oil and would be unable to fly again.
https://biologywise.com/interesting-facts-about-june-bugs

[Corgigal]

6. Thank you

For your info.

If I took a picture, right now I have about 30 adults and a bunch of teenagers trying to get into my house. Creepy, ,little helmet bugs. I'm happy my son came by and gave us a name.

We might have to treat our lawn, I think we're infested.

[brush]

10. You sure those are june bugs? June bugs are big and emerald green.

Never tried to get in the house when I was a kid. We did catch them and fly them around with a thread tied on a hind leg.

[csziggy]

11. The ones we have here are about 3/4 inch long and brown

They get into the house all the time and buzz around the lights.

If you go to the link I posted above they show various kinds of June bugs, including green ones.

[Corgigal]

12. Think that's it detective Csziggy.

Those are them.

[eppur_se_muova]

24. These ?

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

Sounds like bad news for the garden in the future.

[csziggy]

25. Yes, those

I don't garden for vegetables and the decorative plants have to survive neglect and what nature throws at them. The bugs attract lots of birds so they reach an equilibrium that I and my plants can live with. They also keep the small mammals happy which also provides food for other creatures. I only use poison for wasps and fire ants (because I am mildly allergic).

[Mosby]

46. Cotinis nitida

Those are the green ones.

[d_r]

51. Brush is correct

I agree with brush. June bugs are really big and shiny green. Good for kids to tie thread to. Not little beetle in Wikipedia page linked..

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. Kill them?

What’s your plan for the July, August, and September bugs?

From your Missouri neighbor...best to find a way to co-exist.

[Corgigal]

8. I'm all for a normal amount of bugs.

However, I never had this many trying to come in all at once. I moved here from South Carolina, I get the normal amount of bugs.

However, now I understand why I have so many backyard birds. A tiny win...

[DFW]

13. Here is the ONLY June Bug I like

[handmade34]

14. no

don't kill them... they are really quite harmless and gives you something to talk about

[Tanuki]

15. Borrow a chicken

[janx]

22. +1000

[kentuck]

16. June bugs are like lightning bugs..

They are a wonder of nature.

[janx]

17. They are not harmful.

Just bumbling, buzzing bugs. There is no need to kill them.

[Corgigal]

18. Says everyone..

Who doesn't have 50 on your screen, that you have to bing off to open the door to allow the dogs out at night. Now the dogs are fearful, cause humans are getting creep out of this nightly chore.

Just keeping the outside light out. Protection around the house, cause I have cameras, oh well if something happens to us then blame these harmless June bugs. Happy the EAR is in jail.

[janx]

20. I grew up in Missouri and remember them.

They are a drag, but they are harmless and don't carry disease. Once the humans realize that, the dogs will too.



Sorry. I know June bugs are weird, but aside from the noise and nuisance, there's nothing to worry about.

[SWBTATTReg]

31. I think they are kind of neat...we've already got them coming out of the ground here in MO! nt

[radical noodle]

29. June bugs are very bad about coming to the light

We had them in Indiana if we didn't have the a/c on and left the windows and doors opened. They would get all over the screen. Best advice is to keep one door fairly darkened compared to the light in other areas of the house, then let the dogs in and out of the darkened door. That's what we used to do. If their attention is at a light elsewhere, they won't be nearly so likely to bother a screen with no light.

[ailsagirl]

19. We must not get them on the West Coast

I've heard of them but never seen one. Guess I should count myself lucky.

Good luck!

[Corgigal]

21. I never heard of them.

Hubby and I were thinking we're in some twilight episode. Took a local to name them, kind of felt better after that. I read they won't hang around all summer, birds are happy.

We're just baby newbies, who thought we had a clue of nature....and no, no we don't.

[janx]

23. Understandable, haha

They ARE weird. Love it. You have relocated and are adjusting.

[SWBTATTReg]

32. As kids, we used to catch them and tie a piece of thread onto their legs, and have ...

fun with them flying around while leased. We would let them go after a while. Was fun. Potato bugs the same way.

[Jane Austin]

26. When I was a kid,

we had a swimming pool out back that we built ourselves.

We hung our face masks and snorkels on nails in the side of the house.

One evening, I grabbed my snorkel, put it in my mouth and started breathing through it before I even got in the pool.

PTUI! The mouthpiece was full of June Bugs which went right in my mouth.

I spit them out of course, but I can still remember what they felt and tasted like.

Shudder.

[zanana1]

52. AUGH! nt

[Nac Mac Feegle]

27. Driving across Nebraska on I-80

Those things would hit the windshield of the rental truck and leave a splat the size of a coffee cup. Unfortunately, the washer reservoir was empty, so I had to live with the mess until I could get to a station to get fluid.

The splat sound was so loud at about 65 mph I was worried for the windshield.

[mr_lebowski]

28. Well, thankfully they're not Stink Bugs which have of late become a SERIOUS problem ...

They get into people's houses a lot more readily ...

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

30. You could consider moving to a part of the country with no bugs.

I live in Santa Fe, NM, altitude 7,000 feet. No bugs. Oh, dear lord, it is wonderful!

I have lived in other parts of the country and I really, really appreciate this.

[Corgigal]

34. Might be my answer right here

but I do love the horses, and I now hear cows during the day. Saw coyotes, and 5 whitetail deer. However, these creeper bugs are making me throw all that beauty away. I also have a mountain that I see, down the street from driveway that does the smoky eyes, without make up.

Bought the house in October, got to wait a bit to get any money out of it. Yea! VA loan.

Warning, might visit if I need some down time.

[zanana1]

53. Don't bother to come north...

We have plenty of bugs in NH!

[Laffy Kat]

33. Are they beetle-like with hard shells? nt

[Corgigal]

35. Yes

Little helmet bugs, dark in color.

[Laffy Kat]

43. Oh, I know those then.

When I was visiting my sister in Florida she left the door open and light on where I was sleeping while we were bringing things in and they completely invaded my space. Later that night I heard them crashing all over the place and had to remove several from my bed. Very few bugs in Colorado and I was not used to it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

50. Armored bugs. Stink bugs. Have those in Tn. Creepy!

[Demovictory9]

40. with the blue green undershell

[The Genealogist]

36. Dad always said "They're not June Bugs, they're May Beetles"

I've lived with june bugs my whole life. They really don't bother me, they're just part of the warm times of the year. I can see how they'd be unnerving if you aren't used to them, though. When I moved to Florida and encountered "palmetto bugs" for the first time, I was deeply disturbed. Never did quite adjust!

[Corgigal]

37. Oh, the palmetto bug

and the flying cockroach, that you didn't know they could fly until they are flying at you. The whole house then freaks our, until someone gets the vacuum cleaner with the extra long nozzle, poof..gone. The bravest person got that job, the rest of us get to run around and point.

Dogs again are thinking, these humans don't appear stable. No, no , we don't.

[LeftInTX]

38. Better than swarming cockroaches!

[backtoblue]

47. A men to that!!!!

[Demovictory9]

39. I hate hate hate them but I dont kill outdoor bugs

hate the slow lazy way they fly about bumping into things. ugh.

[Demovictory9]

41. do you have fruit trees. they swarm around ripe/rotting fruit

[Corgigal]

44. No

Just put in two butterfly bushes, that aren't too impressive.

I don't know if this house was vacant before we bought it. Like lots of people , like us, they put some effort into selling it. Maybe no one took care of the dirt. Just some average trees in back, but the yard is half an acre.

House was all painted and move right in condition. We moved into this place in early October.

Turn off lights now, until bedtime. Haven't found them on this screen for 2 days. Hurray.

[left-of-center2012]

42. Imagine if you had no window screens

[Corgigal]

45. Shut up

No, I'd give the house back. Scary.

[WhiteTara]

54. You can't kill enough of them to make a difference

Take deep breaths, turn out lights, especially outside and know that you are in Kentucky, land of blue grass and bugs--lots of bugs.

[bluestarone]

55. Well the june bugs Adults) might not be destuctive BUT

The nymph stage (grubs) do lots of damage to roots of grass and or flowers!! read below! Larvae

Upon hatching from the eggs, June bugs enter their initial larval instar. At this stage the bugs are simply brown-headed white grubs. They undergo three instars and molt twice before pupating. The larval stage is the most destructive stage of the insects. The grubs have excessively high appetites and feed constantly. Larval June bugs feed in warm summers and under the soil during winter. During their last larval instar the June bugs dig deep into the soil to shield themselves from freezing winter temperatures. It's during this period when the larvae pupate. While some species develop into pupa within one season, others feed for a number of summers before developing into pupa http://animals.mom.me/life-cycles-june-bugs-6317.html