I checked the beetles identity with Wilkepedia. The tan/brown hard type back with the white zig-zag markings down each side. Aprroximately 1 1/2" long. I should have took a photo, before I got rid of it.
Interestingly, I just found something that I thought was a Japanese Beetle also. Copper back; green metallic head. But not the tufts of white of the true JB ... so just a garden chafer. They're so similar, though. I gather JBs are actually chafers ... how closely are they and the garden chafer related?
I think I have got japanese beetle on my roses, eating the petals. Not sure what to do,just sprayed with rose clear, will catch one and take a picture.
The best way to get rid of these japanese beetles is to remove them mannually other things like pesticides or insects killer i don't find them really reliable yet. For this i thing you should consult some termite experts they will help you in this.
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I checked the beetles identity with Wilkepedia. The tan/brown hard type back with the white zig-zag markings down each side. Aprroximately 1 1/2" long. I should have took a photo, before I got rid of it.
Interestingly, I just found something that I thought was a Japanese Beetle also. Copper back; green metallic head. But not the tufts of white of the true JB ... so just a garden chafer. They're so similar, though. I gather JBs are actually chafers ... how closely are they and the garden chafer related?
I think I have got japanese beetle on my roses, eating the petals. Not sure what to do,just sprayed with rose clear, will catch one and take a picture.
have sprayed them, just checked and they have all gone.
I think it's a shame you sprayed them before you were sure what they were
We can't go around killing things just in case ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
anything that scoffs my roses gets sprayed, I wait all year for them to flower, not prepared for anything to damage them.
In the sticks near Peterborough
The best way to get rid of these japanese beetles is to remove them mannually other things like pesticides or insects killer i don't find them really reliable yet. For this i thing you should consult some termite experts they will help you in this.
Not much call for termite experts in the UK thankfully
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ok I get ways to get rid of them, but what do they do, apart from eat your roses?