Re: asiactic garden beetles
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- Subject: Re: asiactic garden beetles
- From: S* G* <s*@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 18:08:32 -0400 (EDT)
From what I understand they are about the same size and shape as the
Japanese beetles but are tan and not metallic looking. Vivian told me to go
out and look for them - and sure enough there they were. They burrow in
the ground during the day and come out and skeletonize plants at night.
It seems to be in Massachusetts gardens. I've only seen one Japanese
beetle and that was at a park.
I think I looked at the same sites -
I also saw one that suggested making a light trap - I'll have to look
for that one again.
Sharon
P.S. Laurie they're relatively clean and totally non-slimy. I just use
my bare hands to catch them and drop them in a bucket of water. (I draw
the line at squooshing them with bare hands...)(I pick up worms too!)
>
> <<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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