CLOSED: Not the usual

Watch Reply
More
Mark unread Print Skip to new
Iluvmygarden Hope, BC(Zone 7a) Jul 13, 2005

I know this thread is typically for plants, but I was hoping someone could help.
I found this beetle on my garage this morning, it is HUGE, an inch and a half or so, dark brown with creamy white stripes.
Kinda looks like a potato beetle, but bigger and sort of different colours.
I just want to know if it is gonna kill trees in my "woodsy" neighborhood....

Thumbnail by Iluvmygarden
Post #1621160
Quote
tubbss5 Aurora, IL Jul 13, 2005

Cucumber or Potato bug?

Post #1621308
Quote
kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 13, 2005

Your beetle is a male of the Ten-lined June Beetle - Polyphylla decemlineata http://bugguide.net/node/view/23229/bgimage
The enormous clubs on the antennae identify it as being male.

Post #1621626
Quote
Iluvmygarden Hope, BC(Zone 7a) Jul 14, 2005

Thank you so much! Good to know it's not a tree killing pest of some sort! I shall return him to the world right now!!!!!

Post #1622159
Quote

Post a Reply to this Thread

Please or sign up to post.
Back to Forum Homepage

More Insect and Spider Identification Threads

Go to all Insect and Spider Identification threads
BACK TO TOP