Recently, I have been asked by the members is the beetle that they are finding on their roses and other plants from the golf course. First, I had to capture the beetle in question and id it ... which I did by going up to several homeowners roses and collecting beetle samples. The samples I collected were chafers beetles and in most cases in a higher population than I have seen in years. This doesn't surprise me since this past winter was one of the wettest I have seen since moving to the Valley eleven years ago.
Are the chafers from the golf course? Not exactly. As with all types of insects the adult stage of the beetle fly for miles and miles to find a suitable location both the feed and lay their eggs ... well your succulent roses provide both as do ours roses on 7's tee. So is the golf course where the chafers are coming from -- no.
Good news is that same with the June Bugs that use to make my Grandmother so mad and excellent bluegill bait for me, there numerous insecticide that can control these chafers. Your local Home Depot or Lowes will have these insecticide that you as a unlicensed homeowner can use.
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