Long-haired June beetle
Polyphylla crinita
The long-haired June beetle is a scarab beetle from North and Central America. It has hair on the shield behind its head. It looks so much like its cousin, the ten-lined June beetle, that you need a sharp photo to tell them apart.
Lives in
North America and Central America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other June beetles, its larvae live in the soil and eat plant roots.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Long-haired June beetle about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
You can tell it from the ten-lined June beetle by the hair on its neck shield. The ten-lined June beetle has scales there instead.
2
It belongs to the scarab beetles, a big family of sturdy beetles.
3
It lives in both North America and Central America.
you asked
Most asked questions about Long-haired June beetle
?How is it different from the ten-lined June beetle?
It has hair on the shield behind its head, while the ten-lined June beetle has scales there.
?Is the long-haired June beetle dangerous?
No. It is a harmless beetle.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Polyphylla crinita
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Polyphylla crinita (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Apinch. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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