Ten-lined June beetle up to 2 inches with 3 pairs of legs, with a white body and brown head. The larval stage can last as long as 4 years. Ten-lined June beetle The ten-lined June beetle ("Polyphylla decemlineata"), also known as the watermelon beetle, is a scarab beetle, living in the western United States and Canada. The adults are attracted to light and feed on foliage. They can make a hissing sound when touched or otherwise disturbed, which can resemble the hissing of a bat. This sound is made by their wings pushing down, forcing the air out between their wings and back.
The Beetle (film) The Beetle (film) The Beetle is a 1919 British silent horror film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Maudie Dunham, Hebden Foster and Fred Morgan. It was based on the 1897 novel "The Beetle: A Mystery" by Richard Marsh. The 1897 novel went into print a few months after Bram Stoker's "Dracula" hit bookshelves, and it outsold "Dracula" at the time. It has since passed into relative obscurity, although it seems to have served as Stoker's inspiration for his 1903 "The Jewel of Seven Stars", which also involved an ancient Egyptian princess reincarnating into the body of a modern-day woman.