Bugs - What Type and Why?

[schwabie16]

I live in Midwestern Pennsylvania and every single hole I've been digging the past month while detecting has had these little guys in them - Obviously a larvae, but for what kind of bug? And when will these bugs come out? Because there sure are a lot of them!

 

[wainzoid]

Im not sure what you have there. Im just a hop, skip, and a jump from where you are. I haven't noticed anything like that. I do dig alot of grub worms and today I dug into those little orange pizz ants several times. Id be curious to know what they are. A cicada?

 

[schwabie16]

I was thinking cicada too.. I can't think what else they would be...

 

[Bum Luck]

 

[TomPA]

I'm thinking cicada as well. In an earlier stage, they would be more worm-like, but maybe they're getting ready to "hatch".

 

[schwabie16]

That has to be it.

 

[cw0909]

the brood chart says next yr, for west pa.how deep are the bugs
Are Periodical Cicadas Coming to Your Town - Magicicada Broods and Brood Maps
looks like nymph
Cicada Life Cycle: What Makes It an Interesting & Unusual Bug?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Too small for a cicadia. They're big critters - 1" to 2" long.

Looks to me like june beetle pupa.



June Beetle Pupae - What's That Bug?

Those big gold beetles that come out at night this time of year.

 

[schwabie16]

Hmmm... That could be it..

 

[Bum Luck]

Lots of bugs are in the larva phase, and it's hard to distinguish them.

We had a perfect infestation of Japanese beetles a few years back that denuded the trees of leaves. They can be battled with systemic, but long term with soil insecticide that kills the larvae.

 

[unfound]

western pa here....they are June bug larvae.....i dig them in every hole and did the research to see what they were.....i was thinking cicada too...but, nope...june bugs.

 

[schwabie16]

Oh ok! That would definitely make sense because the larvae is orange just like the June bugs are. Thanks!

 

[Bum Luck]

Maybe you can fish with them?

 

[tamrock]

Too small for a cicadia. They're big critters - 1" to 2" long.

Looks to me like june beetle pupa.

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June Beetle Pupae - What's That Bug?

Those big gold beetles that come out at night this time of year.

Good call Charlie P. My dad studied entomology. He'd a known this one if he was still around. He worked on ways of killing bugs with Monsanto.

 

[Turbo21]

I was mding in South Park yesterday and found the same thing in every hole. Now I get to go home and tell
My daughter what they Are. Thanks!!

Bob