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  • From: "Doug Harris" <agnt2000@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Large Beetle Feeding on Peaches
  • Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:57:35 -0400

W3cmp@aol.com wrote:

> Hello All:
>
>    It's that time of year when Japanese beetles and a larger beetle,
> similar in color, about 1/2"-3/4" long, with squared off shoulders are
> (were) feasting on my peaches until I sprayed them this morning.  I have
> forgotten the name of the large beetle.  Can someone help me with the
> name?  Thanks.  Chris Patterson

Yes,  as already suggested by mangodance, you are experiencing damage from the Green June Beetle.  They are often a severe pest on my peaches and nectarines (along with Japanese beetles), and to a lesser degree on raspberries and blackberries.  They were worse for me last year than this year.  I am in western Virginia, near Roanoke.  We were very dry until  2 weeks ago when we received over 7 inches of rain over a 3-day period.  I saw no Japanese beetles or June Beetles until after the rain, much later than normal.  I think the ground was so hard and dry it delayed the emergence of these beetles from below ground. 

Doug Harris



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