Species
Polyphylla decemlineata (Ten-lined june beetle)
Polyphylla decemlineata. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
The ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata), also known as the watermelon beetle, is a scarab beetle, living in the western United States and Canada. The adults are attracted to light and feed on foliage. They can make a hissing sound when touched or otherwise disturbed, which can resemble the hissing of a bat. This sound is made by their wings pushing down, forcing the air out between their wings and back. They can be an agricultural…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia (Scarabaeiform beetles)
- Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea (Scarabs, stag beetles and allies)
- Family: Scarabaeidae (Scarabs)
- Subfamily: Melolonthinae (June beetles)
- Tribe: Melolonthini
- Genus: Polyphylla (Lined june beetles)
- Species: Polyphylla decemlineata (Ten-lined june beetle)
- Genus: Polyphylla (Lined june beetles)
- Tribe: Melolonthini
- Subfamily: Melolonthinae (June beetles)
- Family: Scarabaeidae (Scarabs)
- Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea (Scarabs, stag beetles and allies)
- Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia (Scarabaeiform beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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