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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Melolonthini » Lined June Beetles (Polyphylla) » Polyphylla comes
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Variegated June Beetle - Polyphylla comes
Copyright © 2007 Ann Kallal

Variegated June Beetle - Polyphylla comes
Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Pretty big bug. Caught my eye on the screen door in early AM. Bug hung around most of the day. Much larger than the June Bugs I am used to. . .is it a 10 lined? The markings on its back are pretty broken up as opposed to some of neat markings on the photographs of the 10-lined June Beetles.
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Contributed by Ann Kallal on 16 May, 2007 - 2:36pm
Last updated 18 September, 2008 - 3:25pm

Moved
Moved from Variegated June Beetle.
… MJ Paulsen, 18 September, 2008 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
MJ,
If you could add a word or two of explanation to help us non-experts understand the difference between comes and variolosa (or any other wrongly assigned critter you correct), that would be a great educational benefit.
… Jim McClarin, 18 September, 2008 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

Same genus,
but I think it's the Variegated June Beetle.
… Jim McClarin, 16 May, 2007 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Varigated June Beetle / Polyphylla Variolosa
Thanks for the ID - Good to know that it was not just a "messy" 10-lined one!
… Ann Kallal, 16 May, 2007 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

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