Expert shares how to counter Japanese beetles, the nemesis of turfgrass
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, May 28 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Japanese beetles look pretty on the outside, with their shell of iridescent green and their copper outer wings. Yet that beauty belies a destructive force, as the insects have no natural predators in the United States, while their voracious appetites can devastate more than 300 species of North American plants, from turfgrass to roses, grapes and hops.
Virginia Tech entomologist Thomas Kuhar answer . . .
Japanese beetles look pretty on the outside, with their shell of iridescent green and their copper outer wings. Yet that beauty belies a destructive force, as the insects have no natural predators in the United States, while their voracious appetites can devastate more than 300 species of North American plants, from turfgrass to roses, grapes and hops.
Virginia Tech entomologist Thomas Kuhar answer . . .