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colinpurrington.bsky.social
Junebug larvae use their back hair to move. #tmi #beetles #coleoptera #entomology #melolonthinae #scarabaeidae
September 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
lagartixa.bsky.social
Liogenys sp.
#coleoptera #besouros #Melolonthinae #insetos #entomology
October 26, 2024 at 1:06 AM
rhiaxoxo.bsky.social
Melolonthinae, yes, I gave pets to the big hairy bug. It was nice, 10/10 would recommend.
#entomology #buggirl #naturalist
A close up picture of a hairy bug. It's kind of large beetle, mostly brown, with little hairs.
May 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
sockynoob.bsky.social
Two beetles having bug sex from earlier this year. @bunnyloveerin.bsky.social www.inaturalist.org/observations...
June Beetles (Subfamily Melolonthinae)
June Beetles in June 2024 by sockynoob
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December 12, 2024 at 10:26 PM
biologicalrecording.co.uk
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Chafer Beetles of the UK
Learn about the chafer beetles (subfamily Melolonthinae) found within the UK with Wil J. Heeney.
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May 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
bsggoettingen.bsky.social
Der Junikäfer Amphimallon ruficorne gehört wie die Maikäfer zu den Melolonthinae, einer Unterfamilie der Blatthornkäfer. Die Larven dieser Vertreter ernähren sich von Pflanzenwurzeln.

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Amphimallon ruficorne
January 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
luxomancer.bsky.social
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Two brown scarab type beetles on a white sheet. The beetle on the left is dark brown, it's carapace marked with many tiny dimples, it's antennae orange. It is climbing on top of the beetle on the right's head. The beetle on the right looks very similar to the one on the left and may be the same species, but it is a more orange color
June 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Porter et al. A Review of the Taxonomic Status of Hypothyce mixta Howden, 1968 (Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Melolonthinae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #Taxonomy #Phylogenetics #TheColeopteristsBulletin #ScarabBeetles
Differences in the shape of the clypeus of male Hypothyce mixta by county in Texas. A) Anderson County, B) Burleson County, C) Caldwell County, D) Leon County, E) Milam County, F) Bastrop County, G) Nacogdoches County, H) Robertson County, I) Smith County, J) Wood County.
March 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Wang et al. Two new species and one new record of the genus #Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 from China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #newlydescribedspecies
FIGURES 13–15. Habitus of Melolontha wangyutangi Wang & Qiu sp. nov., holotype. 13, dorsal view; 14, ventral view; 15, lateral view from left. Scale bar: 10.0 mm.
July 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Bezděk et al. Review of Diphycerini ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Part I – the genus Xenoceraspis Arrow, 1920 doi.org/10.1080/0022... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
Figures 5–9. Xenoceraspis kurseongana (Moser, 1917). (5) Syntype, male, dorsal view (length: 10.0 mm); (6) associated labels; (7) syntype of X. dispar Arrow, 1920, male, dorsal view (length: 9.2 mm); (8) associated labels; (9) female (India: Kurseong, IECA), dorsal view (length: 10.2 mm). Not to scale.
February 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
stephenlwright.bsky.social
Melolonthinae (June Bug), I believe.
June 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
djigr.bsky.social
Wait wait wait the antennae tell me Melolonthinae!
September 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Mondaca & Smith. evision of the Genus #Diaphylla Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Macrodactylini), with Description of a New Species from Chile doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #taxonomy
Diaphylla hispida. Lectotype male: a) Dorsal view, b) Lateral view, c) Aedeagus, dorsal view, d) Aedeagus, lateral view, e) Labels. Paralectotype male: f) Dorsal view, g) Lateral view, h) Labels.
February 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
gbifmorpho.bsky.social
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Review of Diphycerini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Part I - the genus Xenoceraspis Arrow, 1920 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/e68e3b6f-9007-4ac8-be3f-2e66e9c3f2bd
January 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
rozasl.bsky.social
So this is Cetonini not Melolonthini, clasification in Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae is a bit confusing. In Europe Cetonini are known as rosechafers and Melolontha as junebeetles.
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
gbifmorpho.bsky.social
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Two new species and one new record of the genus Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 from China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) (7 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/6ca6762c-8cd9-4a4e-8cda-caeaa9605e96
April 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Sunarko et al. #NewRecords of Exopholis hypoleuca (#Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Melolonthinae) on Corymbia citriodora and Eucalyptus with notes on its biology and #PopulationDynamics in North Sumatra, Indonesia . doi.org/10.53716/jtc... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles
March 6, 2024 at 1:24 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Calcetas. Three #NewSpecies of the genus Leucopholis Dejean, 1833 (#Coleoptera, #Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Leucopholini) from the Philippines and designation of a neotype for L. semperi Brenske, 1896. doi.org/10.5852/ejt.... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles
April 23, 2024 at 8:30 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Warner. A new Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) timida group species from Baja California Sur (#Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Melolonthinae) centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi...
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Figures 1–6. Phyllophaga baja. 1) Male dorsal habitus. 2–4) Male genitalia: 2) Dorsal view. 3) Ventral view. 4) Lateral view. 5) Female mesotarsal claw. 6) Male protarsal claw.
October 23, 2023 at 2:26 PM
leafdebrief.com
TIL scarab = june bug?! neat info, thanks. “melolonthinae” is quite a mouthful huh

i think we have fig beetles around here too.. they’re the ones with the really shiny green shells right? equally bumbling and uncoordinated etc?
June 13, 2024 at 2:57 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Barria et al. Description of a new Panamanian species of Phyllophaga Harris, 1827 (#Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Rhizotrogini) of the orosina species group. doi.org/10.35249/rch... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #NewSpecies
Revista Chilena de Entomología 49 (3) 2023651fourth and fifth antennomeres shorter than the others, sixth more elongate posteriorly, seventh antennomere of compressed aspect, shorter than the sixth antennomere; antennal club almost twice as long as the preceding six antennomere; ocular canthus with at least 11 erect, rufous setae. Pronotum: Surface with punctures similar to the frons, glabrous, lateral margins entirely crenulated and with several erect setae; anterior angles obtuse. Scutellum: Wider than long, glabrous, surface with small, sparse and scattered punctures. Elytra: Surface generally glabrous, with a few very short setae near to the humeral and apical callus, and near to the lateral sides. Surface densely punctate, punctures separated from each other by 1-2 the puncture size and moderately deep. Apical callus poorly prominent, rounded. Pygidium: Plate convex, shiny; surface moderately and sparsely punctate, with short and rufous setae. Apical m
February 11, 2024 at 4:35 AM
tomslists.bsky.social
The best known is the cockchafer - usually called a May Bug these days - it seems is a whole family of 'chafer' bugs
www.britannica.com/animal/chafer
Chafer | Grubs, Larvae, Beetles | Britannica
Chafer, (subfamily Melolonthinae), any of a group of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae (insect order Coleoptera). Adult leaf chafers (Macrodactylus) eat foliage, whereas grubs feed underground on pla...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
galcidess.bsky.social
No creo que migren (la IA confirma que no), son muy torpes y salen a reproducirse, no a migrar.

www.britannica.com/animal/June-...

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllop...
June beetle | Description, Life Cycle, & Facts | Britannica
June beetle, also called June bug, genus of nearly 300 species of beetles belonging to the widely distributed plant-eating subfamily Melolonthinae. These red-brown beetles commonly appear in the North...
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May 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
whyrweapp.bsky.social
🧪 Melolonthinae: patiently waiting for the rain

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July 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Uliana & Khudhur. A revision of the taxonomic status of Xestotrogus Reitter, 1902 and related taxa, with the description of a new species from Iraqi Kurdistan (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #Rhizotrogini
FIGURES 1–2. Males of Xestotrogus nitens (Baudi di Selve, 1870), from Sfalagkiotissa (1), and X. validus (Kraatz, 1884), from Adiyaman, 20 Km from Golbaşi (2).
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM