# ID This Mystery Beetle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mystery-beetle/590226>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mystery-beetle/590226 "2011-07-25T00:58:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mystery-beetle/590226/1 "2011-07-25T00:58:04Z")

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What kind of beetle is [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/5972496572/in/photostream)? It’s about 1.5 inches long, and makes a “sh” sound when the kids blow on it.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mystery-beetle/590226/2 "2011-07-25T01:07:05Z")

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[Ten-lined June beetle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphylla_decemlineata)

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mystery-beetle/590226/3 "2011-07-25T01:39:34Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> [Ten-lined June beetle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphylla_decemlineata)

Nine whole minutes? What took you so long!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mystery-beetle/590226/4 "2011-07-25T01:44:42Z")

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It would’ve been 8 minutes if I had posted the link right the first time! 😛

I have to rescue them from the apartment laundry room all the time. They’re attracted by the lights that are on all night and they have a hard time finding their way out.