Rose Chafer Bug

Effective nematodes are available in various garden centers.

Rose chafer bug.

The underside of the beetle has a coppery colour and its upper side is. The japanese beetles live in lawns under similar conditions. 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. These beetle like bugs are very common.

Adults prefer a menu that includes shrubbery flowers and the foliage. 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. Nematodes are specially designed for controlling all kinds of white grub including rose chafer beetle. Medium sized beetle measuring between 5 16 inch to almost 1 2 inch in length.

The chubby white grubs attack grass blades from the roots potentially ruining pristine turf. It may show several small irregular white lines and marks. The larvae are small white grubs. A rose chafer sometimes resembles a wasp when it s flying.

They can skeletonize the leaves of your plants quickly and thoroughly. It has short antennae that have a series of flat plate or page like segments. Unfortunately they are not friends. Slender pale green to tan in color with reddish brown or orange spiny legs.

Rose chafer larvae are equally adept at destroying plant life including grass. There is just a single generation of rose chafer beetle every year. After 3 6 weeks of destruction the infestation will.