Re: asiactic garden beetles

     <<so perhaps the tan not-japanese bettles are the asiatic beetles. are 
     they new?>>>
     
     Again, I am NOT a bug expert, so I hope that I am not passing on 
     misinformation. If I am, SOMEONE PLEASE STOP ME!!!!
     
     I searched on the web and found that the Asiatic Garden Beetle 
     (Maldera or Maladera (sp?) castanea) looks like, but is lighter than, 
     the Japanese beetle, and eats both foliage and flowers. Sounds like my 
     culprit.
     
     this site had info about its life cycle:
     University of Vermont Extension, EL 247, Asiatic Garden Beetle 
     http://ctr.uvm.edu/ctr/el/el247.htm
     
     this site had very detailed line drawings (detailed enough to creep me 
     out) in the grub stage and the adult insect:
     Ohio State University Extension Factsheet
     http://www2.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/hyg-fact/2000/2510.html

     Apparently, the treatment is insecticides (not interested), parastic 
     nematodes (microscopic worms -- heard of them) or pyrethrins (natural 
     insecticides extracted from Chrysanthemum flower heads--never heard of till 
     today)
     
     Laurie
     Medford, MA
     zone 6


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