When tending to your garden beds, the sight of green and copper-colored beetles can understandably make your heart sink. It's hard to mistake these characteristics of the Japanese beetle (Popillia ...

The number of Japanese beetles in the Lawrence area and much of northeast Kansas is bigger than ever this year. The beetles have been in the area for a few decades but mostly in isolated populations ...

This summer, a couple of homeowners recently called about swarms of Japanese beetles. Japanese beetles have been a thorn in gardeners’ sides for many years and it seems as if they are again returning ...

It’s the time of the season and Japanese beetles are pillaging our plants. Gardeners have complained that the pests are damaging roses, crape myrtles and other flowering plants including vegetables.

It's been called the most devastating of all insects for yards, gardens and lawns, and we have reason for concern. An alert has been issued by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture because on ...

CONSIDERING that the Japanese beetle is Japanese, it may seem surprising that in the United States it occurs exclusively in the East. It came from Japan the long way, probably in soil attached to some ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LITTLETON (KDVR) — There is a beetle in ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) --Call it summer's version of beauty and the beetle – make that Japanese beetles! "This year it's an epidemic, they've gone over to corn and soybeans now. And so it's not just ...

Japanese beetles could be snacking on plants in your Pennsylvania garden. Here’s how you can help fend them off this summer. Johnson County Extension As we head into the dog days of summer, you might ...