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Anyone know what these bugs are?

DB gardenerDB gardener Posts: 22
in Wildlife gardening
was digging in the soil and found these two beetles??? Any ideas what they are-they were alive but looked fairly sleepy

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Cock chafers also known as maybugs.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Cockchafer beetles, I think.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DB gardenerDB gardener Posts: 22
    Thank you! Lovely name!
  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845
    edited May 2018
    The may bugs mob me, but apparently these beetles are harmless.
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    They're great! And harmless. There's one headbutting my window now, trying to get in. I look forward to seeing them each year :)
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    And we've had all the jokes about their name on another thread.

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