Scarab Beetle 黄金虫（コガネムシ）

英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Scarab beetles are quite prevalent and familiar to people in Japan. Actually, there's a song titled "Scarab beetles are rich." The lyrics are based on the lyricist (Ujo Noguchi)'s childhood memories that cockroaches gather in rich people's houses as they're warm and have food and that at that time, cockroaches were called "kogane mushi," which translates into "scarab beetles" in English😆!

Scarab beetles can be highly destructive to lawn and gardens. The adults feed on foliage and flowers, while their underground larvae damage the root systems of turf grass, ornamental plants, and crops. Scarab beetles, however, are so beautiful and their sleeping posture is funnily acrobatic (scroll down). 

2026/7/12

Japanese Fruit Beetle (Mimela Splendens) 黄金虫（コガネムシ）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

They're Japanese fruit beetles (Mimela splendens). I noticed at first one of them, then found many hiding in the back behind the leaves.

They'are so beautiful that their Japanese name means golden bugs, but they're harmful, damaging everything around them. You can see the leaves around them being eaten.

Japanese fruit beetle (Mimela splendens)　黄金虫（コガネムシ）

This one is chinning up　懸垂中