The June bug life cycle largely consists of three parts, beginning when the females lay eggs in the soil. Seeing visible larvae in the ground is a major sign June bugs are destroying your plants.

So June bugs are a group of beetles, typically in the family Scarabaeidae, that emerge in June, and so the name June bug is not scientifically correct, but that’s what a lot of people call them.

So June bugs are a group of beetles, typically in the family Scarabaeidae, that emerge in June, and so the name June bug is not scientifically correct, but that’s what a lot of people call them.

Hot weather in Middle Tennessee is bringing out the bugs in waves. It's another swarm in a year where Middle Tennessee has seen cicadas and June bugs clinging to trees and porches.