It is indeed a Japanese Beetle, the scourge of anyone who loves roses, hibiscus and other flowering plants. in addition to the beetles devastating our flowers and shrubs, their grubs destroy lawns. Nasty little bugs.
That is, however, a fine image. Macro Frank? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's a Japanese Beetle: > > http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Japanese-Beetle > > Another alien species and quite a destructive one apparently. > > Cheers, > > frank > > On 11 September, 2015 9:51:37 PM EDT, frank theriault > <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >>Uninspired title. >> >>Have no idea what type of beetle this is - how many million species of >>beetles are there? He's about twice the size of a lady bug. I rather >>liked the iridescence (which I suspect would be spectacular in the >>sun) and the little white tufts on his sides: >> >>http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/09/beetle-on-leaf.html >> >>Any help on species would be appreciated. >> >>Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >> >>cheers, >> >>frank > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
