Another bug question for Bendyfoot

As I took the dogs outside last night , I almost stepped on this bug , sorry about the bad pictures , maybe I should have tried the macro thingy ... anyway , it was bigger than what it looks like in the picture. Like an obese beetle :p it was pretty cool but didn't bring us any entertainment as it refused to move for us :rolleyes:

so Bendy , what the heck is this bug ?

Oooh, nice one! It's a Grapevine Beetle, Pelidnota punctata. It's a very pretty beetle in the scarab family. :thumbs up

Check out this link: http://bugguide.net/node/view/3139

Cool thanks !

Are they rare ? Can I get any money for it ? :laughing:

Weird because , I've been here almost 6 years and this is the first one I see :confused:

lol I was gonna say it looks a lot like our June beetles...and I guess that's one of its other common names according to that bugguide link, bendy :thumbs up Ours are usually a bit darker, though. We have lots, Frenchy. They make sort of a creepy noise when they fly. :p

They make sort of a creepy noise when they fly. :p

They do ? :eek: cewl ! Now I need to see another one and make it fly ! :goodvibes:

lol Wait till you start finding them in the dogs' poohs! :laughing:

June bugs are pretty silly when they fly around bumping into everything and they do have a bizarre sound when they bomb dive your head! :D :laughing:

lol Wait till you start finding them in the dogs' poohs! :laughing:

:eek:

June bugs are pretty silly when they fly around bumping into everything and they do have a bizarre sound when they bomb dive your head! :D :laughing:

oh we also have those but they are not beetles ... I usually have them after the farmers work on the fields in the back. Stupid big bugs :yuck:

Oooh, nice one! It's a Grapevine Beetle, Pelidnota punctata.

:eek: That's a sign, Frenchy, you need to plant some grape vines and make wine :lightbulb: :laughing: