Death Valley June beetle Concern by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The California Department of Fish and Game considers the beetle a "Special Animal" of high conservation need. Death Valley June beetle The Death Valley June beetle ("Polyphylla erratica") is a scarab beetle in the subfamily Melolonthinae. It is only known to occur in the drainage basin of the Amargosa River in the southwestern United States. Saltgrass communities, such as those at Saratoga Springs in Death Valley, provide habitat for the insect at all stages of its life. Predators of the beetle include coyotes, ravens, and shrikes, the last of which are
Death Valley Days on the Grit network in the United States. Two episodes of "Death Valley Days" are shown weekdays beginning at 6:35 p.m. Eastern on the Encore Westerns Channel. In the 1955–1956 season, NBC offered "Frontier", an anthology Western series similar to "Death Valley Days" hosted by Walter Coy. Though "Frontier", a springboard for the Western actor Jack Elam, was nominated for an Emmy Award, it was cancelled after a single season. Death Valley Days Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930