Spring season means warm weather, flowers blooming and a visit from the plant eating green June beetle. “They begin to appear around late May, early June depending on where you are in the state,” said ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — You've likely noticed that large green beetles are all over the Commonwealth right now! Eric Day, an entomologist at Virginia Tech, said it's par for the course this time of ...

Q: I’ve seen a few big bugs buzzing over my lawn recently, and I think they might be green and stocky, if what I saw crawling in the lawn was the same critter. Are these a pest? Happy to leave them ...

Summer evenings outdoors in North Carolina can be relaxing, but they can be interrupted by a clumsy pest. Green June beetles, slow-flying insects commonly referred to as “June bugs,” are usually ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – If you’ve been outside recently, you may have noticed an abnormal amount of June bugs flying around. We reached out to the Virginia Tech Insect Identification Lab and learned that ...

Insects are abundant in landscapes if it is a healthy and diverse ecosystem. Most are harmless, even if they are munching plant leaves. Many are beneficial as prey of harmful insects, pollinators, or ...

Clumsy, large and, perhaps, mysterious beetles are once again active in Michigan: the June bug. "The term May or June beetles refers to some 10 different species of beetles in the genus Phyllophaga, ...

June bugs are usually visible in July and August during their mating season, according to James Baker, an entomology and plant pathology professor at N.C. State University. J.R. Baker, N.C. State ...