June bugs

[Susan Medlin]

Does anyone know the health benefits of June Bugs?
Do these count as a protein source?
And how many June bugs should a 8lb. 15 wk. old puppy eat?

Okay, I'm kidding, but gross! It's that time of year again! We're about to wear the "Leave it" command out!
Susan

[Jesse Cruz]

lololol you are funny!!!!!!! at first when i was reading it i was thinking is that some kind of new vitamin, then i realized you were talking about real bugs. LOLOLOLO

[Justine Archuleta]

Ha ha I thought you were serious, until I read Okay, I'm kidding part. I was thinking I had never heard of this June bug. Very funny. :D

[Hee Yung Lee]

I think june bugs, with those hard shells, would be great roughage. LOL!!! :)

[Melanie Xarti]

Dang those Junebugs! They're all over the place here in the summer. We saw our first one this season -- flew into the house last night. Peanut loves to catch them and eat them before I can catch her from doing it! :p
I have a picture of her from last summer with a giant Junebug on her nose (it landed there and stayed put) and she's cross-eyed looking at it. I have to find that. :cat:

[Jaime Cress]

If June Bugs are nutritious, then I am going to have one healthy dog!!

I am not sure but I think that June bugs nest in the grass or something. Because Boomer has been eating them from the backyard, and I cannot figure out where he is getting them from. Its very lovely because they dont settle well on his stomach (go figure!) and he has been throwing them up!! Very gross!

Just glad to see that Im not the only one fighting the June bugs I guess!! Good luck! I know that I need it, Im real tired of cleaning up buggy messes!

[Mario Niepel]

There are many dogs out there that love to hunt down and eat insects. When I grew up, our German Shephard loved nothing better than to roam through our nursery to catch and eat all the bees that were attracted by all the flowers. Donna was so skilled at catching the bees... she would snatch the bees, chomp down on them a few times very quickly and spit the bee back out. Then she would check if the bee was still alive or not. If it was, she would snatch the bee back up, chomp down a couple of more times and spit it out again. When the bee finally stopped moving, it became snack food. In all those years I never saw Donna get stung.

And, as a side, Donna lived to be over 16 years old. Quite the ripe old age for a German shepherd... so the steady diet of insects did not bother her in the least. :)

[Melissa Brunoehler]

Hi Mario!

Donna was so skilled at catching the bees... she would snatch the bees, chomp down on them a few times very quickly and spit the bee back out. Then she would check if the bee was still alive or not. If it was, she would snatch the bee back up, chomp down a couple of more times and spit it out again. When the bee finally stopped moving, it became snack food. In all those years I never saw Donna get stung.

Lewie, my shepherd does the exact same thing, without actually eating the bees! He'll catch bees, wasps, flies, whatever. How he does it with out getting stung, I have no idea.

[aussiesmum]

Humphm! Well aussie just catches whatever she can, but usually gets a bump on the nose for it. We have had almost one sting per week for the last month or so. I can only assueme that pratice makes perfect...