so i clicked and let the pic half load and i had already closed it....creeps me out...ugh

i just want to know what those metallic green ones are and what are they doing crawling to the middle of my living room floor and dying.

horatio said:

Japanese beetles.

i just want to know what those metallic green ones are and what are they doing crawling to the middle of my living room floor and dying.

BabyGirl said:

I was woken up a full 15 minutes before my alarm clock this morning because of a nightmare about discovering an infestation of carpet beetles.

Cinnie said:

eww id have been completely freaked out...and it would be all i could think about when i got back into my bed...ugh i have bug issues lol

Mars23 said:

what are they doing?

Larvae that have matured by June pupate and the adult beetles emerge from the last week of June through July. On warm sunny days the new beetles crawl onto low growing plants and warm for a while before taking flight. The first beetles out of the ground seek out suitable food plants and begin to feed as soon as possible. These early arrivals begin to release a congregation pheromone (odor) which is attractive to adults that emerge later. These odors attract additional adults to gather in masses on the unfortunate plants first selected. In cool weather, the adults may feign death by dropping from the plants but normally they will take flight. Newly emerged females release an additional sex pheromone which attracts males. The first mating usually takes place on turf with several male suitors awaiting the emergence of a new female. Mating also is common on the food plants and several matings by both males and females is common.

After feeding for a day or two, the females leave feeding sites in the afternoon and burrow into the soil to lay eggs at a depth of 2 to 4 inches. Females may lay 1 to 5 eggs scattered in an area before leaving the soil. These females will leave the following morning or a day or two later and will return to feed and mate. This cycle of feeding, mating and egg laying continues until the female has laid 40 to 60 eggs. About 95% of a population are generally laid by mid-August, though adults may be found until the first frost of fall.