japanese beetles

If you spot a glossy black beetle with long black-and-white antennae, catch it. It just might be an Asian Longhorn Beetle. A major hardwood pest, this beetle was first discovered in the United State in 1996, in Brooklyn, New York. Chicago suffered a serious infestation in the summer of 1998, and scientists are worried that we may be on the brink of a potential ecological disaster. After all the beetle has seemed to spread over the entire nation quite rapidly, now present here in Ontario.
While the insect will not infest homes or workplaces, and presents no threat to public health, the beetle does pose a significant threat to the environment. Asian Longhorn beetles spend the majority of their life as inch-long larvae, which eat the insides of a living tree until it weakens and dies. “It is also the most widespread and serious turf grass insect pest in the Northeast when it is a grub, and is also a major nuisance as an adult when it feeds on nearly 300 species of plants, includin...