Re: Asian beetle control

**S* W* <g*@gmail.com>**

.Attached is what I hope is a larger photo of the beetle. Let me know. The
beetle is small - less than 3/8 inch long. Since the beetle feeds at night
there are none in the damage photo.

The shape of the head and antennae are different from the copper viburnum
leaf beetle and I have not seen any larvae. The body of "My" beetle appears
to be more round so I am not leaning in that direction for ID.

This thing is a real scurge. It killed bishop's weed in 2 seasons. Stripped
coreopsis and calibrichoa. Now working on the asters. Feed from the ground
up, sometimes leaving the tops, so there will probably be some flowering.
I found this one dead in my study on the second floor of my house, others
in my kitchen (one in a bowl I had left on the counter and one in the sink)
and one in the bird bath. Seems it can crawl anywhere. Imagine my surprise
when 2 came crawling out of pots of pelargonium I was overwintering in my
hot dry apt in Feb. No damage to the pelargonium.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Doug Green <gardeningemail@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sally - hate to say it but the pic of the beetle is too small to be
> properly identified.  There are likely several options for what it could be
> - so when I'm passing pics along to the entomologist for a confirmed id, we
> really do look for something a bit closer.  It's not at all visible in the
> foliage pic.
>
> It did come through on the GWL list so some listmembers might be able to
> give you some decent options. The settings on GWL were changed to allow
> pictures btw.
>
> Sorry
>
> Doug
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Sally Williams <gardenlit@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I finally got a photo of the small copper colored beetle that is
> stripping
> > foliage. I uploaded it and a photo of the damage it causes to
> > http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/insect-identification.html as suggested
> by
> > Doug Green.
> >
> > If GWL doesn't accept my attachment you can find it there.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sally
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Doug Green <gardeningemail@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > In case you don't ID it - take a good picture and upload it here
> > > http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/insect-identification.html   I have an
> > > entomologist who identifies insects for readers.  Just follow the
> > > directions and we'll get you a positive id   There are also over a 1000
> > > images of identified insects sorted by color.
> > >
> > > Doug
> > >
> > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Dan Clost <dan.clost@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > is it a Japanese beetle?
> > > > coppery coloured body, emerald green head
> > > > voracious, eats everything
> > > > seems to fit your description, google an image
> > > >
> > >
> > > Doug Green
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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.