June bugs are a type of scarab beetle in the genus Phyllophaga (it is not a cockroach). There are hundreds of June bug-like species across North America and more than 100 Phyllophaga species.

June beetles, or June bugs, are more than 100 species of scarab beetles, according to Texas A&M AgriLife. Due to there being a lot of species, entomologist Molly Keck explained they normally come ...

For no more than 30 minutes an evening, Andrew's dune scarab beetles emerge from the sands of the Algodones Dunes in southeastern California. In the fading twilight, between February and May, they ...