I made this photo of a Japanese Beetle on 6/02/08 on a road side wildflower. The beetles are well known for destroying flowers and especially lilies, hibiscus and other tubular flowering plants.
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Destructive Japanese Beetle
Submitted by jpo_05_09_07 on June 11, 2008 - 7:08pm. View all photos…
I don't use insectisides on my flowers or vegetables, insects are a healthy choice for the numerous varieties of birds that visit my backyard. But, when it comes to Japanese beetles the birds cannot pierce their tough shells and I don't have any problem putting a beetle trap out to catch them.
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I'm impressed with the colors in the beetle's shell. I throught they were just those pesky black bugs that like to eat my roses.
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It's all about point of view
That's its feed crop, no less so than the thousands of acres of flowers grown -- and summarily cut -- each year for human "consumption."
A Raleigh developer permanently destroys more of nature on a slow afternoon than a million of these little guys could devour in their combined, brief lifetimes.