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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and June Bugs (Melolonthinae) » Melolonthini » Lined June Beetles (Polyphylla) » Polyphylla comes
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Brown Bama Beetle - Polyphylla comes
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Brown Bama Beetle - Polyphylla comes
Vestavia, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
June 1, 2008
Size: 1 inch long by half inch
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Contributed by SouthernBugs on 1 June, 2008 - 10:06pm
Last updated 3 December, 2009 - 9:00pm

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

Moved
Moved from Lined June Beetles.
… MJ Paulsen, 18 September, 2008 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

June beetle.
This is a male of one of the June beetles in the genus Polyphylla. Males have those incredible leaf-like antennae. Those of the female are barely detectable. Not sure which species you have down there.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 June, 2008 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

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