A beautiful May Beetle

I spotted a June Bug in the garden today, I've never seen one in real life before, they are incredible. It's shell/back looked like an acorn.
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Beautiful little creature
Thank You HKhollinstone

Wonderful photos, Harriet - thanks for sharing.

Thank you Ana and The Other Phil, it was lovely to see.

very nice pics Harriet

Hi friends,

in my language these bug called "Maikäfer". That means this bug comes in may. Why called it in England "June bug" ? Are they swimming from Germany to England and comes a month later than in Germany ? Or is it the iceland vulcano fog ????

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Hi friends,

in my language these bug called "Maikäfer". That means this bug comes in may. Why called it in England "June bug" ? Are they swimming from Germany to England and comes a month later than in Germany ? Or is it the iceland vulcano fog ????

they are called "Hanneton" in France which means nothing and they can choose the season for coming

Very nice pictures Harriet, very clear!

They are called "Meikever"in Holland too, which means May-Beetle, and that they appear in the month of may too normally, maybe they are just late in England...
I catched loads of them when i was young, now you almost don't see them anymore
around here...

Thanks all.

Well, actually you are all right saying it is a May beetle, I was told a June Beetle by my brother (he wasn't sure either), but I guess reading here [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] that it is a May beetle and has other names, none of which are June Bug
I don't know much about beetles, but I loved the look of this May beetle and wanted to share the pics
Their faces are very moth like, do you think? I love their fan like tufts on the ends of their antennas. You can't see them so much in my pictures, if at all, but on wikipedia you can and that's what they looked like on the one I saw.

Great photos. Thanks for sharing. Some really great closeups. They do look rather fuzzy like a moth. Very interesting. I have never seen one.

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Great photos. Thanks for sharing. Some really great closeups. They do look rather fuzzy like a moth. Very interesting. I have never seen one.

Thanks Amy, they are fascinating creatures.

Hi all,

some minutes ago i had a very friendly visitor:

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It was the first May Beetle i saw this year. We had a very long and strong winter here.

After photographing i gave him back to nature of course.

Torben

These creatures seem to know who to visit...
Nice pictures from your visitor Torben!
I didn't see one for many years...

Your May Beetle is beautiful Torben. Your pictures show up it's antennas perfectly as well, amazing creatures.

Great photos Torben.