Does anyone know a good website for identifying insects. One with photos. Besides the Japanese beetles, I have a large irridescent green beetle now. (Zone 6) It's 3 - 4 times the J.B. size. Don't seem to be eating anything yet but there are lots of them. Thanks for any help

-- Joan (egavasnok@juno.com), June 29, 2001

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sorry, I don't, but that's a good question and I am gonna go look for one! In the meantime, take one of those pretty sounding beetles to your county extension service and put 'em to work Id ing it. :-)

-- Little Quacker (carouselxing@juno.com), June 29, 2001.

This may be useful?

Bug pix

-- Birdlady (A_Birdlady@hotmail.com), June 29, 2001.

Joan, I'm in North Carolina which is Zone 7. It sounds like it may be what we call a June Bug. I'm sure that's not the "proper" name. When I was a kid my mom would tie a string around one of their legs (not easy to do) and we kids would hold the string and watch the June Bug fly around for entertainment. They apparently come from a grub in the ground and you would see lots of them this time of year - particularly after a rain.

-- Mel Carroll (frank.a.carroll@worldnet.att.net), July 03, 2001.