The rain has brought out three new varieties of large beetles that I’ve never seen before. Can anyone identify them? Click on photos to enlarge.
Rain Beetles
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I don’t think we have any of them over here
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I have some leads so I’ll let everyone know if I learn the names of them.
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Hmmm, My Audubon book only covers FL beetles, but each may be variant on a theme:
Fiery Searchers “Caterpillar Hunters” ‘Calosoma species’ ( the iridescent beetle)
Palm Weevil and Lady Beetle
Everything, and everybody, morphs in this upside down ecological era!
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You sweetie. Thanks so much for researching this. I’ll check out your leads. xo
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The good news is that my tree service says it is not a palm beetle.. which would have been very bad news..So far no definitive answers on the others.
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This beetle was way bigger than a lady beetle.. I should have measured them as hard to tell. It was a bit over an inch long, I’d guess.
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I do not know for sure, but the first one looks like the squash lady beetle, related to the lady bug, but not as helpful.
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Thanks so much for the info. I’ll check it out…
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Welcome!
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A Google image search was somewhat helpful, if accurate, these beetles are going to lay waste to your garden!
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What did you come up with, Grace? I sent photos to my tree service..Hoping the one that looks like a palm beetle isn’t.
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Didn’t get an id on the middle one, Google says the first one is possibly a froghopper and the third one is possibly a Japanese Beetle. I’m sure your tree experts are going to be more accurate than Google image search.
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I thought it looked close to a Japanese Beetle as well.
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Oh that striped one was on my flowers yesterday and flew off just as I raised my camera! I live in southwestern Missouri and will also be eager to find out his identification.
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I think it is a variety of scarab.
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