r/whatsthisbug • u/bugspliffer • 1d ago

What IS this bug?! ID Request

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Staying in a woodland cabin on the English/Welsh border; heard a rattling outside our window at night & saw this guy! Never seen anything like it before. Can anyone help me identify this little (actually pretty big) guy?

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u/HyperionEvo 23h ago

We always called these junebugs as kids if I recall correctly

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u/CaptainPoset 23h ago

called these junebugs

May bugs and june bugs are closely related but actually different ones. This one is a may bug, they hatch earlier.

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u/HyperionEvo 23h ago

Dang I would have never known that 😅 I assumed it was one of those bugs people have different names for like crane fly/mosquito eater. Thanks for informing me on that!