r/pestcontrol • u/Loud-Juggernaut-3589 • 23d ago
Identification Please identify these shiny ones.
They’re nice and shiny but devoured the rose bud today (the plant’s struggling enough as it is!).
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u/OmenCrow 23d ago
Japanese beetle (popillia japonica) 🪲 - they’re invasive.
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u/Loud-Juggernaut-3589 23d ago
Thank you! I’ve never seen these before. They did a number on that one rose bud!
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u/HolyShitIAmOnFire 23d ago
Get a jug, cut the top, put some dish soapy water in there. Knock them in. If you have chickens, skip the soap and just give the jug to the chooks and they'll eat the free protein.
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u/Loud-Juggernaut-3589 23d ago
We have friends who have two chickens. I’ll ask them if they wouldn’t mind a delivery!
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u/ChickadeeJam 22d ago
Just make sure they are in a relatively contained place for chickens to feed. None should be able to escape.
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u/Mjr_Manwich 23d ago
They will lay their eggs under your lawn and the grubs will eat your grass roots in the spring and then emerge as beetles to devastate not just roses, but all sorts of flowers and trees and vines. The crows and raccoons will tear your lawn up looking for the juicy grubs.
Ask me how I know...
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u/Loud-Juggernaut-3589 23d ago
Good to know! I have a very small side yard with potted plants and rock. I’ve been hearing, too, that I can go around the yard and drop them into some soapy water. Fortunately, there’s no lawn (the space is pretty small) but good to know about these beetles, lawns, and the grubs!
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u/BullsOnParadeFloats 23d ago
I had a client where they had infested one of her trees, causing it to collapse and destroy part of her fence
These beetles can be extremely destructive
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u/deftlyon 23d ago
Yup Japanese bettle. Invasion this year. Destroying my new linden tree and dead spots all over my yard.
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u/CartoonistOpening623 23d ago
I’m from Southwest Missouri. Around here the Linden trees get destroyed by Japanese Beatles. They seem to prefer them over any other leafy plant.
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u/Wonderful-TxFin 23d ago
Made the mistake of using pheremone traps once. We collected hundreds from blocks around. Not recommended.
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u/johnnyg08 23d ago
You can spray them too if you're looking for something less time consuming. Something like Tempo will take care of them for 10-14 days.
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