May beetles, or June bugs, are usually brown, rusty, or black, without patterns such as spots or stripes, and rather hairy beneath. They are nocturnal and are attracted to lights at night. They walk and fly clumsily.
May beetles, or June bugs, are usually brown, rusty, or black, without patterns such as spots or stripes, and rather hairy beneath. They are nocturnal and are attracted to lights at night. They walk and fly clumsily.
Hi Mark,
Nice image! Interesting how the water droplets are mostly distributed over the tops of the larger indentations (pits?) in the pronotum and thorax. Are there setae in the pits that help the water accumulate, or is it simply that the waxy nature of the carapace tends to keep the droplets evenly distributed?
Seeing your pictures takes me back to when I made my living as a marine invertebrate zoologist in the 1970s.
Regards, Bob Henderson
Thank you! I used syringe to distribute the droplets perfectly.
Ah ha! Good job!