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