Found This June Beetle. Why do June Beetles have hairy chests?

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I mean seriously look at da hair on this thing! Is it actually hair or something else?
Gosh, you can't just ask someone why they have hair on their chest! Rude! 🙄 🤣

I love june bugs. I'm sad that I'm so far north that I rarely see them, when I got so used to living so far south that they were everywhere every summer!

There are so many Phyllophaga that I can't tell any of them apart, but I do know that the ones closer to Mexico tend to be fluffier than the ones closer to Canada. You'd think it'd be the opposite, but that's setae for you! They don't really make the same sense as mammalian hair!

 
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