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Donald Keeney
Jul 14, 2009, 8:02:09 PM7/14/09
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Hello all. I have a fairly old ( 30 years at least ) flowering rose
bush which just finished it's first set of flowers and was starting a
new bunch. I noticed the first flower of the new set had some holes in
the petals and then I spotted a ovular shaped beetle about 1/2" long x
1/4" wide . There is a black stripe down the middle lengthwise and the
sides are a bronze color . The top of the pointed head is glossy and
dark purple . Any hints on what this may be and how to take care of it
before it causes big problems or is it too late ?
Thanks , Don,...
bush which just finished it's first set of flowers and was starting a
new bunch. I noticed the first flower of the new set had some holes in
the petals and then I spotted a ovular shaped beetle about 1/2" long x
1/4" wide . There is a black stripe down the middle lengthwise and the
sides are a bronze color . The top of the pointed head is glossy and
dark purple . Any hints on what this may be and how to take care of it
before it causes big problems or is it too late ?
Thanks , Don,...
Donald Keeney
Jul 14, 2009, 8:56:17 PM7/14/09
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If you scroll down a bit you will see three of these bugs on a pink
rose . These are a good approximation of what was on my plant .
http://progressivegardening.com/ProgressiveGardeningImages/JapaneseBeetlesRoseA250.jpg
Address:http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://progressivegardening.com/ProgressiveGardeningImages/JapaneseBeetlesRoseA250.jpg&imgrefurl=http://progressivegardening.com/gardenpestcontrol.html&usg=__TnOKBIj11ax3GlrViq0f507vEqg=&h=213&w=250&sz=27&hl=en&start=128&tbnid=r7NtzVtvH8eH1M:&tbnh=95&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dinsects%2Broses%26gbv%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D120%26ie%3DUTF-8
If this long addy doesn't work I'll try something else .
rose . These are a good approximation of what was on my plant .
http://progressivegardening.com/ProgressiveGardeningImages/JapaneseBeetlesRoseA250.jpg
Address:http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://progressivegardening.com/ProgressiveGardeningImages/JapaneseBeetlesRoseA250.jpg&imgrefurl=http://progressivegardening.com/gardenpestcontrol.html&usg=__TnOKBIj11ax3GlrViq0f507vEqg=&h=213&w=250&sz=27&hl=en&start=128&tbnid=r7NtzVtvH8eH1M:&tbnh=95&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dinsects%2Broses%26gbv%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D120%26ie%3DUTF-8
If this long addy doesn't work I'll try something else .
beccabunga
Jul 15, 2009, 8:46:19 AM7/15/09
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Donald Keeney;856161 Wrote:
> If you scroll down a bit you will see three of these bugs on a pink
> rose . These are a good approximation of what was on my plant .
> Address:http://tinyurl.com/ndyp83
> If this long addy doesn't work I'll try something else .
Looks like the Japanese Beetle illustrated on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/m3k7xl
Quite far down the page so keep scrolling!
--
beccabunga
Martin H. Eastburn
Jul 15, 2009, 11:09:53 PM7/15/09
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The Japanese Beetles we had in El Paso in the 50-60's were green backed
and rather jeweled looking. As a kid, they attacked our sun flowers
and we plucked them off (we wanted the seed..) and some we attached
sewing thread and had them fly like a dog on a leash.
and rather jeweled looking. As a kid, they attacked our sun flowers
and we plucked them off (we wanted the seed..) and some we attached
sewing thread and had them fly like a dog on a leash.
There might be many versions out there - not a bug guy myself. :-)
Martin
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