Rose Chafer Bug

A rose chafer sometimes resembles a wasp when it s flying.

Rose chafer bug.

The rose chafer and the japanese beetle are both true villains of the rose bed. The rose chafer can be identified by its ivory yellow appearance. Effective nematodes are available in various garden centers. The underside of the beetle has a coppery colour and its upper side is.

The chubby white grubs attack grass blades from the roots potentially ruining pristine turf. The larvae are small white grubs. The japanese beetles live in lawns under similar conditions. After 3 6 weeks of destruction the infestation will.

Adults prefer a menu that includes shrubbery flowers and the foliage. Rose chafer larvae are equally adept at destroying plant life including grass. Nematodes are specially designed for controlling all kinds of white grub including rose chafer beetle. Slender pale green to tan in color with reddish brown or orange spiny legs.

These beetle like bugs are very common. Both appear to have the same habits and life cycles going from eggs laid in the ground by the mature female beetles hatching out to larvae grubs in the ground and maturing to beetles that attack plants and blooms without mercy. There is just a single generation of rose chafer beetle every year. It has short antennae that have a series of flat plate or page like segments.

Medium sized beetle measuring between 5 16 inch to almost 1 2 inch in length. Unfortunately they are not friends. They can skeletonize the leaves of your plants quickly and thoroughly.