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Jun 28, 2012 3:43 PM CST
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Name: Lee Anne Stark
Brockville, Ontario, Canada (Zone 5a)
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What are these bugs that are infesting the blooms of my old fashioned roses?
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Jun 28, 2012 3:50 PM CST
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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
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Nothing I've ever seen, but they're some type of beetle.
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Jun 28, 2012 4:12 PM CST
Name: Toni
Denver Metro (Zone 5a)
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Those are "Rose Chafers"

http://www.extension.org/pages...
http://www.extension.umn.edu/d...

I knew I had seen those beetles before. Did a google search on "rose beetle" and that's what it came up with. Then followed the pictures to figure out exactly which one. I've never seen them in person thankfully. Lots of different sprays kill them.
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Jun 28, 2012 4:14 PM CST
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Name: Lee Anne Stark
Brockville, Ontario, Canada (Zone 5a)
Perpetually happy!
Keeps Goats Forum moderator Frogs and Toads Tip Photographer Keeper of Poultry I helped plan and beta test the plant database.
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Critters Allowed Cottage Gardener Charter ATP Member Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Region: Canadian
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Jun 28, 2012 4:35 PM CST
Name: Cindi
Wichita, Kansas (Zone 7a)
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Yep. We get those. Lots of them. They do damage to the apple and cherry trees, too.
Bayer 3-in-1 or Bayer Tree and Shrub will prevent them, not sure about what to do once they are there.
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Jun 28, 2012 4:37 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Lee Anne Stark
Brockville, Ontario, Canada (Zone 5a)
Perpetually happy!
Keeps Goats Forum moderator Frogs and Toads Tip Photographer Keeper of Poultry I helped plan and beta test the plant database.
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Critters Allowed Cottage Gardener Charter ATP Member Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Region: Canadian
Bayer products aren't approved for use up here. I went out and drowned them all in hot, soapy, water. Now I got the crawlies...
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Jul 12, 2012 11:19 AM CST
Name: Vicky Thompson
Michigan (Zone 5b)
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I have zillions of them ever year. Grumbling
I HAVE tio try nematodes to get rid of the grubs.
Milky Spore only attacks Jap Bettles.
"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck"
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