Pretty wild our different thought on these beetles! Not to high jack the thread, but these are what we call these critters in the south! June bug. http://www.cirrusimage.com/Beetles/Green_june_beetle.jpg Cicada and shell. http://www.cicadamania.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=3744 Japanese...
M.sue. I think what you are refering to is what a lot of people call July flies. They are really cicadas. The larvae spend many years in the soil and hatch out in the spring, leaving those crunchy little hard skins on the trunks of trees.