Ok, no one will ever believe me and that’s ok, but when I was a wee lad I took a trip up north to Tennessee (lol) and I swear on everything in this bush by a tree I saw two golden little beetles similar to that. A lot smaller but yea they were just… right there, it felt special but I really had no idea, still dont really. I thought someone had spray painted them or something, they were so shiny.
I wonder if they were tortoise beetles? They look gold until you spook them, then they turn a brownish orange. But they are super shiny. Could also have been a type of wood borer, some of the green ones look gold when the light hits right
Grew up in North Alabama. There were June bugs that were more golden when I was a kid. Some of them looked like they were made of gold, and weren’t green like they are now. We’d tie a string around a leg and fly them like little dive bombers. Which is pretty terrible, but didn’t know any better.
Ok, no one will ever believe me and that’s ok, but when I was a wee lad I took a trip up north to Tennessee (lol) and I swear on everything in this bush by a tree I saw two golden little beetles similar to that. A lot smaller but yea they were just… right there, it felt special but I really had no idea, still dont really. I thought someone had spray painted them or something, they were so shiny.
I wonder if they were tortoise beetles? They look gold until you spook them, then they turn a brownish orange. But they are super shiny. Could also have been a type of wood borer, some of the green ones look gold when the light hits right
Grew up in North Alabama. There were June bugs that were more golden when I was a kid. Some of them looked like they were made of gold, and weren’t green like they are now. We’d tie a string around a leg and fly them like little dive bombers. Which is pretty terrible, but didn’t know any better.