So a month or two back, I was just walking when I ran into a June Bug. Knowing it was now fall, I wasn't surprised when I realized it had died. However, what sparked my interest was when I realized that behind the beetle were specks of white eggs.
I decided to research both the beetle and the eggs and here they are.
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| June bug's eggs |
While these eggs were unable to go underground, female June Bugs normally drop their eggs into dirt about 2-5 inches underground. As the eggs develop, they become more round rather than being elliptical. It takes about 2 weeks for the eggs to hatch into larvae (which are usually brown headed white grubs).
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Female Jung bug
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| Female June bug and eggs |
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| June bug's metallic color |
Well I'm sure we all asked this question whenever we saw one of these beetles flying around us: Why and how are their bodies so shiny?
Turns out there are multilayer nanostructures that cover the shell. By each being put in irregular shapes, the nanostructures are able to trick light into creating a metallic effect. Please note however that these are not the same reflections that ordinary metals emit when hit with light: "Actual gold and silver optical properties are determined by the contributions of free and bound electrons to the absorption of light," explains study co-author William Vargas.
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June bug
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