Tuesday, 20 July 2010

The Japanese Beetle

This is the Japanese Beetle. If you live in Southern Ontario or New England you will know about this guy.

If you have one you have hundreds, maybe thousands

Before you see damage this is how it looks. You will not even see them.

This picture of the Queen Elizabeth II rose was taken at 13:00 hrs to-day. The next was taken at 18:00 hrs to-day. If you look you will see one in the rose centre of the one on the lower left

It only took 5 hours for this to happen.

Here is a Chrysler Imperial Rose under attack, it is 3 meters from the Queen Elizabeth II Rose. This is about two hours after the visible attack began.

Even this Explorer Rose, Which tend to be bug resistant is no match for the Japanese Beetle.

I allowed the damage to-day to go on so I could show you all what this beetle is and what it can do.
here is a site to find out more about what they are and the controls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_beetle
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  1. Dimple20 July 2010 at 19:46

    Wow! I have heard of these, but have never seen a photo or examples of the damage they cause. This is quite something!

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  2. reg20 July 2010 at 21:15

    It really is. Worst thing is you can not win against them. I could spray the gardens and hat will control them but it will kill every thing else as well. So a bit of a problem with these guys

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  3. me ann my camera20 July 2010 at 22:50

    Wow, disastrous results. Hope I never see one of these beetles. you had beautiful roses. too bad. Ann

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  4. marcia@joyismygoal20 July 2010 at 23:40

    wow those are so colorful and nice shots

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  5. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪21 July 2010 at 01:39

    someone wave a magic wand, and make the Japanese bug into a brooch?

    So sad, there are insects ruining our plants.

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  6. Gattina21 July 2010 at 02:57

    Honnestly I prefer the flowers to these ugly beasts, lol ! although your photos are excellent.

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  7. Melanie J Watts21 July 2010 at 10:44

    Oh no! destructive little beast. Thanks for this Reg.

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  8. Stephani Cochran21 July 2010 at 14:42

    Wow! That is amazing!

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  9. reg21 July 2010 at 15:34

    Not a problem Melanie, I actually did this one for you as you said you had not heard of them before. That is a good thing. I hope they never get there. Apparently they are now in British Columbia as well but on the lower main land. I did not suggest any cures here as I really do not have one that actually works just for them.

    I guess it proves that i am willing to show the ugly side of the garden as well from time to time

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  10. Robin22 July 2010 at 06:07

    All of that destruction in five hours? How awful :(. Is there nothing that can be done?

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  11. Unknown22 July 2010 at 10:00

    That is incredible! And your roses were so gorgeous!

    Thanks for visiting my blog!

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  12. GardenerX23 July 2010 at 15:31

    those beetles are horrendous!!!! I am so glad we do not have these in England!!!

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  13. Anonymous24 July 2010 at 13:12

    I FOUND THE LITTLE $%^&!&* IN MY BACKYARD TOO!
    I DISPATCHED A FEW OF THEM YESTERDAY AND THEN AGAIN THIS MORNING! MIND YOU! THEY CERTAINLY HAVE NICE COLOUR MARKINGS!
    I LIVE ABOUT 7 MILES FROM REG.

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  14. reg25 July 2010 at 18:01

    haha, I dispatched so many I gave up on the count!!!!!!! Now that they ate all the roses they seemed to have moved on for now

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  15. Anonymous5 August 2010 at 08:12

    The Japanese Beetle be alive to beauty - and is a very hungry fellow ;-)
    Great shots!

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  16. Anonymous20 August 2012 at 14:42

    The beetle became a major problem as soon as the province banned pesticides. This beetle will eat fruit and nursery crops as well. It is an expensively destructive pest.

    Take a trip to the US and buy whatever it takes to rid them.

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  17. Anonymous19 July 2013 at 17:25

    They also LOVE cherry trees....I just cut mine down today I am done with it, fighting a loosing battle they are awful bugs!!!!!!

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