Moonstruck
Ever wonder why the things that go bump in the night at this time of the year usually turn out to be June bugs? Ken Textor tracked down the answer.
By Ken Textor
At first, they come banging on your screens in the middle of the night. Or perhaps one crunches and splatters across your windshield in a large, brownish-yellow smear of yuck. Or maybe one lands on you while you fumble for the keys under the front door light, causing a momentary flashback to some 1950s horror movie about giant insects.Whatever the case, the arrival of June bugs is the surest signal that summer has finally shown up in Maine. And like the human visitors that soon follow, June bugs are a bit misunderstood and, in some quarters, not particularly well appreciated.
