Japanese Beetles and Asiatic Garden Beetles are not native to New England, but they can be found in many Connecticut home gardens. “Japanese Beetles this year are worse than they have been lately.

Invasive insects can wreak havoc on your garden, causing extensive damage to plants and disrupting the local ecosystem. As an ...

Asiatic garden beetles feed on fruit, vegetables, perennials and annuals, according to officials. "Adults feed on the leaves and flowers of their host plants," the department said.

Wappel, Sr. said problems with the Asiatic garden beetle at his farm started about 10 years ago His crop losses of up to 50 percent in some fields have been heaviest in more recent times.

“Annual white grubs are the most common pest species, producing one generation every year,” he said. “Several annual white grubs species (Japanese beetle, European chafer, Asiatic garden beetle, and ...

The grubs most likely to cause enough root feeding damage in a vegetable bed would be Asiatic garden beetle and oriental beetle, not Japanese beetle — the assumed identity of most grubs found in ...

Asiatic garden beetles have been a real problem for many gardeners this year. An imported pest, these small, rusty brown, night-feeding pests can devastate plants overnight then disappear during ...

Asian lady beetles usually have a black "M" or "W" marking on the white area behind their heads, while ladybugs lack this marking, according to the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture.

Japanese Beetles and Asiatic Garden Beetles are not native to New England, but they can be found in many Connecticut home gardens. “Japanese Beetles this year are worse than they have been lately.