Beetles!

Admittedly, not the best pics, too blurry, my apologies.

There seems to be a lot of these Green June Beetles this years than in years past.  They're about the size of a US quarter, so very easy to see, plus they "buzz" when flying and look like oversized Japanese Beetles. You can't miss them.

I'm guessing the mild winters we've had the last couple of years and the plentiful rains in that time too could be contributing to an overabundance of critters.  For example, I don't recall seeing SO many wild rabbits as there are this year! Squirrels, chipmunks, deer, cabbage moths, ants and on and on and on...

It's that time of year too, with the pool up and running I am constantly needing to skim beetles out! There are scads of them that make for a messy looking pool - oriental beetles, Japanese beetles and by far the most, the May beetles, aka Junebugs, and others too -

I squash as many as I can but they keep coming, so I'll keep squashing!