Re: Asian beetle control

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

that's it. thank you!
On Aug 14, 2015 5:10 PM, "Lorraine Ballato" <ladygardener@msn.com> wrote:

>
> Found it (I think)  -- go to
>
> http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/ORN/TURF/asiatic_garden_beetle.htm<
> http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/ORN/TURF/asiatic_garden_beetle.htm>.
> Looks like your beastie.
>
>
>
> Inside creatures might be adults that have matured from grubs in the
> plants (e.g.,. pelargonium). Others I can't explain.
>
>
>
> There's a new granular grub killer on the market that's very effective and
> non-toxic -- except to the grubs! Only available to the consumer from
> Garden's Alive: BT galleriae. I think they call it GrubHalt . Some
> commercial applicators might have it but it's in limited distribution.
> There's also a liquid spray to use on adults from same compound called
> BeetleJus.
>
>
>
> There's a Maine Coop extension Facebook discussion from 2013 on the
> beetles.
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>
> L
>
> Lorraine Ballato
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Sally Williams<g*@gmail.com>
>
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum<mailto:
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>
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 4:28 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Asian beetle control
>
>
>
> .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.
>
> --
> Sally Williams
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