A Japanese beetle lands on a flower. Since Japanese beetles have finally established a significant population in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, many gardeners are looking for options to ...

State officials made one thing clear about the Yakima Valley’s growing Japanese beetle problem during meetings this week: Battling the invasive pest will be a marathon, not a sprint. Washington State ...

Minnesota (WCCO) — Some University of Minnesota students have come up with a creative solution for a pesky problem. “Every year, these Japanese beetles would come and completely eat away at our plum ...

Garden ornaments have become increasingly popular in recent years and the most common one is a plastic yellow fin tail with a green and white bag attached to it. OK. It's really a Japanese beetle trap ...

Japanese beetles might be harmless to humans but that doesn’t mean you want them around. This invasive insect feeds on more than 300 plants and costs the United States more than $460 million a year to ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q: I’ve been crushing Japanese beetles as I pick them from my plants, but I heard that might attract more beetles. Is that true?

Q. I have swarms of Japanese beetles in my landscape. My neighbor has one of those traps, and it is full every day. Is that part of the problem? A. Japanese beetles are native to Japan, China and ...

They have spent the last century traveling westward from the East Coast, and now millions of Japanese beetles have made their home feasting on rose bushes and gardens in Kansas City. "Japanese beetles ...

First, I would like to thank and commend Paul Schnare for his excellent June 29 article on the subject. I think he covered all aspects of the problem. The only reason I am writing is to emphasize what ...

Efforts to track Japanese beetles in Grandview were a little too successful this week. The Washington State Department of Agriculture caught 415 of the insects Tuesday, the first day of checking traps ...

Japanese beetles are small, metallic green insects with copper wings that feed on over 300 different species of plants. These beetles feed on leaves, flowers and fruit, leaving very few safe crops.