Re: asiactic garden beetles

hi. can you describe their appearance?


LAURIE_WAKEFIELD@NON-HP-USA-om11.om.hp.com wrote:
> 
> 
>           <<<I went out several nights after dark with a flashlight
>           and handpicked the asiactic  garden beetles.  There were not
>           scores but I did have the dubious satisfaction of drowning a
>           number of them. I suppose for this to do any good it will
>           have to become a ritual. I know Vivian and Laurie also have
>           them - any luck with battling them?>>>
> 
>           So far I am just letting them chomp away. I am not ready to
>           touch them yet! I could not grab them with the leather
>           gloves, maybe I need to get some thin cotton gloves.
> 
>           Anyway, they are eating leaves of buddleia, agastache,
>           hollyhocks, all the shasta petals, echinea petals. :( They
>           are ignoring some other stuff completely.
> 
>           When I saw the most of them was when I was digging holes
>           about 1ft deep in the evening. Beetles came pouring out.
>           Does anyone know how long the timeframe for them eating is?
> 
>           Laurie
>           Medford, MA
>           zone 6
> 
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