Re: Asian beetle control

Hi Carolyn,

It's not the viburnum leaf beetle - no antenna and different color. I found
some in the bird bath so I might be able to get a photograph. It is now
stripping the asters - eats all the leaf and leaves a skeleton.

Anything that could kill off bishops weed is to be feared.

Sally

On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Carolyn Ulrich <cultivated13@gmail.com>
wrote:

> http://my.chicagobotanic.org/news/pest-alert-viburnum-leaf-beetle/
>
>  Hello Sally,
>
> Hi Sally,
>
> Look at the photos in this link from the Chicago Botanic Garden and see if
> this looks like your guys. We have a new infestation of the viburnum leaf
> beetle here. The photo of the beetle itself is very clear, but it appears
> to be chewing  on viburnums.  At least so far.
>
> Carolyn Ulrich
>
> http://my.chicagobotanic.org/news/pest-alert-viburnum-leaf-beetle/
>
>
>
> > I have an invasion of "asian beetles" in my Maine garden. Saw them in
> > Boston ten years ago but didn't know they were destructive. Dark copper
> > color, about 3/8 inches long, feed at night, have stripped and killed
> > bishop's weed, coreopsis, basil, marigolds, coleus. Even find them in my
> > kitchen sink.
> >
> > Does anyone know the name of this scourge and a control for it? Can't
> even
> > look it up without a name...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sally
> >
> > --
> > Sally Williams
> > 1593 Pequawket Trail
> > PO Box 105
> > Hiram ME 04041
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> >
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> > Jane Austen, Sept. 1796.
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Sally Williams
1593 Pequawket Trail
PO Box 105
Hiram ME 04041
207-625-4762

"What dreadful hot weather we have!  It keeps me in a continual state of
inelegance,"
Jane Austen, Sept. 1796.
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