from Wikipedia: “The name “cockchafer”[22] derives from the late-17th-century usage of “cock”[23] (in the sense of expressing size or vigour) + “chafer”[24] which simply means an insect of this type, referring to its propensity for gnawing and damaging plants. The term “chafer” has its root in Old English ceafor or cefer, of Germanic origin and is related to the Dutch kever, all of which mean “gnawer” as it relates to the jaw. As such, the name “cockchafer” can be understood to mean “large plant-gnawing beetle” and is applicable to its history as a pest animal”

Heh, they are called May Beetles over here. And yeah they started turning up the past few weeks here and there.

Huh. Only ever heard about these bugs, never seen it written down. Guess I’m today years old when I found out they’re not actually ‘Dunebugs’.

Every day’s a school day.

What idiot let these near their cock

June bugs are so annoying. Every April they start slamming their little bodies against the damn back door, and I’m like, what the fuck are you doing?! You’re two months early, you assholes!

It’s fine when they do it in June, but I have to put up with two months of that early bullshit.

One time, I was walking down the street with my brother and a junebug flew right into the side of my neck. My instinctual reaction to this was to freak the fuck out, flail my arms and jump about a meter to the side away from where I was hit.

… That all happened in about 0.087 seconds.

Yes, I jumped sideways.