Beetle ID

[Rocky998]

Funny a lot.of these bugs / pests are sooooo incredibly beautiful

Why did you have to get pictures of the "beautiful" (your word not mine) beatles doing that...

 

[DoubleDutch]

Why did you have to get pictures of the "beautiful" (your word not mine) beatles doing that...

Hahaha scratching each other backs you mean

 

[Rocky998]

Hahaha scratching each other backs you mean

Are you absolutely suuuuure it's that?

 

[Back in the fold]

Sure it's not a Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)? Deadly to rose bushes.

Absolutely right on. That's a Japanese Beetle. No ifs , ands or buts. Kill it.

 

[connorlindeman]

Absolutely right on. That's a Japanese Beetle. No ifs , ands or buts. Kill it.

Too late. I let it go

 

[Rocky998]

Too late. I let it go

Yayyyy! Fly bug fly!

 

[Slaphppy7]

Absolutely right on. That's a Japanese Beetle. No ifs , ands or buts. Kill it.

If so, where there's one, there's more....killing one would be futile

 

[connorlindeman]

Yayyyy! Fly bug fly!

I'm sure my moms roses aren't as happy as you ;-)

 

[Rocky998]

I'm sure my moms roses aren't as happy as you ;-)

Those bugs have more color than that thing though

 

[jaylach]

Absolutely right on. That's a Japanese Beetle. No ifs , ands or buts. Kill it.

As I said before in an earlier post I picked them off my grandma's roses when I was a kid. I was something like 5-6 years old or there about and grandma ruled the world as far as I was concerned. One time I actually got in a bit of trouble for picking the things off of grandma's roses. The problem was that grandma had a neighbor down the street that also did roses and they had a friendly competition going for the best roses. Weeellll, I thought that I'd help grandma out and took all the beetles I plucked from her roses and put them on the neighbor's roses. Happily it was only a little trouble as it is hard to really yell at a little kid when you are having a hard time not laughing.

 

[Back in the fold]

If so, where there's one, there's more....killing one would be futile

Extermination is an ongoing process. Japanese Beetles are an invasive species.

 

[Rocky998]

Extermination is an ongoing process. Japanese Beetles are an invasive species.

But killing just one won't do much at all to help

 

[Slaphppy7]

Extermination is an ongoing process. Japanese Beetles are an invasive species.

If these are indeed "Japanese beetles", with no natural (native) predators, then I agree

 

[Back in the fold]

If these are indeed "Japanese beetles", with no natural (native) predators, then I agree

I know for a fact beyond all doubt. That is a Japanese Beetle. When I worked air cargo for UPS they trained us specifically on Japanese Beetle identification. Cargo jets were how they first got to the United States and UPS took the matter as a cover your butt precaution, hence training us in I.D. To avoid lawsuits.

 

[jaylach]

If these are indeed "Japanese beetles", with no natural (native) predators, then I agree

Just like "Love Bugs" in Florida where the beasties were brought in to eat surface stuff in the waterways. Unfortunately no one actually researched and saw that there would be nothing to keep down the population as their acid content is so high no local birds will eat them. They have such an acid content that they will actually pit the finish on a car.