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DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Heh, they are called May Beetles over here. And yeah they started turning up the past few weeks here and there.
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DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Heh, they are called May Beetles over here. And yeah they started turning up the past few weeks here and there.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 week ago
TIL calling beetles by the month they appear in is a mess. In Europe, may beetles are Melolontha, june beetles are Amphimallon (or Mimela), july beetles are Anomala (at least in German). Rhizotrogus is also in the mix, but didn’t get a month assigned.
But then in North America, there are different genera for each month. Phyllophaga in may, Cotinis and Polyphylla in june, none in july…