Rose Chafer Bug

Adults are reddish brown 1 3 long with black undersides and wing covers cloaked in thick yellowish hairs.

Rose chafer bug.

After 3 6 weeks of destruction the infestation will. It may show several small irregular white lines and marks. The rose chafer and the japanese beetle are both true villains of the rose bed. A rose chafer sometimes resembles a wasp when it s flying.

The japanese beetles live in lawns under similar conditions. These beetle like bugs are very common. Cetonia aurata called the rose chafer or the green rose chafer is a beetle 20 millimetres 3 4 in long that has a metallic structurally coloured green and a distinct v shaped scutellum the scutellum is the small v shaped area between the wing cases. They can skeletonize the leaves of your plants quickly and thoroughly.

The rose chafer can be identified by its ivory yellow appearance. The underside of the beetle has a coppery colour and its upper side is. There is just a single generation of rose chafer beetle every year. Effective nematodes are available in various garden centers.

It has short antennae that have a series of flat plate or page like segments. The chubby white grubs attack grass blades from the roots potentially ruining pristine turf. Unfortunately they are not friends. The larvae are small white grubs.

Adults prefer a menu that includes shrubbery flowers and the foliage. Medium sized beetle measuring between 5 16 inch to almost 1 2 inch in length. Slender pale green to tan in color with reddish brown or orange spiny legs.