Flying beetle bugs thingys....what are they???!!!!
Nov 10th 2008, 9:24 am
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Flying beetle bugs thingys....what are they???!!!!
Seem to have lots of amber colour beetle bug thingys around the outside of the house each evening 
but all they seem to do is buzz around end up on thier backs and die!!!
What are they???
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but all they seem to do is buzz around end up on thier backs and die!!!What are they???
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Nov 10th 2008, 9:30 am
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Re: Flying beetle bugs thingys....what are they???!!!!
Probably Christmas beetles.
We used to get them regularly around here just before Xmas - rarely get them nowadays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_beetle
We used to get them regularly around here just before Xmas - rarely get them nowadays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_beetle
Nov 10th 2008, 9:40 am
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Re: Flying beetle bugs thingys....what are they???!!!!
Probably Christmas beetles.
We used to get them regularly around here just before Xmas - rarely get them nowadays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_beetle
We used to get them regularly around here just before Xmas - rarely get them nowadays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_beetle
Nov 10th 2008, 9:47 am
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Apparently, they are not always dead when they've dived and crashed to the floor lying on their backs...they just can't get back over onto their feet again. Poor little things!!
They need a little flick back over and then they'll fly straight into your face again!!!
They need a little flick back over and then they'll fly straight into your face again!!!
Nov 10th 2008, 10:41 am
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Ive been flicking em over but they just end up on their backs again!!! X
Nov 10th 2008, 12:59 pm
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Re: Flying beetle bugs thingys....what are they???!!!!
christmas bugs I think are the things that are also attracted to white stuff. we get them on white roses in the garden and they also crap all over the washing but funnily enough not in the front.
May have something to dowith the back being full of greenery and the front being a bit empty and bare?
May have something to dowith the back being full of greenery and the front being a bit empty and bare?
Nov 10th 2008, 8:16 pm
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Re: Flying beetle bugs thingys....what are they???!!!!
Take care with them, they are almost sacred here. If you are digging at the moment the short white grubs, about 1 cm turn into them. They have a similar life cycle to cicadas which are much deeper in the soil.
Nov 11th 2008, 7:51 am
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What are the smaller copper coloured insects with transparent wings that appear at about the same time? They get in the house at night then disintegrate and you have piles of wings to sweep up next day.
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Never seen them before
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OMG! I thought our resident lizard was eating the bugs! I end up with tonnes of wings to hoover up... pretty sure that they are being eaten.. remember when I was in Thailand (the jungle) and the 2 small lizards in our room used to eat everything and leave a pile of wings..
Re the beetles, me and the OH thought we were a bit odd in attracting so many kamakazee beetles!! Never realised that they were obviously attracted to something that is on our verandah?!
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Re the beetles, me and the OH thought we were a bit odd in attracting so many kamakazee beetles!! Never realised that they were obviously attracted to something that is on our verandah?!
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