Beetlemania

From: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | Date: July 18, 2008| Author: ERIK HOGSTROM | Copyright information

They're the bugs with the shiny green backs and the voracious appetites for garden flowers, and they are probably coming to a plant near you.Japanese beetles seem to be in abundance in the tri- state area this year."Yes, very definitely," said Bev Weber, of the Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical Gardens. "I lost a rose bush at home due to them."First imported to a New Jersey nursery with ornamental plants from Japan in 1916, Japanese beetles have since plagued increasing numbers of American garden...

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