Both the adults and the larvae infest the plants. Native to Mexico ... it uses its long mouthparts to reach into the shell and eat the meat. The beetle also feasts on easier-to-catch slugs ...

Their summer emergence is when they become truly damaging to plants. By the time a Japanese beetle has feasted on your favorite plant, its leaves are mere skeletons. Courtesy Johnson County ...

And while there are no hard and fast solutions to keep them away, there are some small steps you can take to keep your plants as pest free as possible. Japanese beetles are invasive insects that ...

Lady bugs are small beetles with a bright red shell spotted with black polka dots ... Seal gaps or openings around windows ...

who said that piles of pecan shell waste spawned the red flour beetle plague. According to Flores, the beetles hibernated on waste piles from pecan shelling plant companies in the area before ...

A grapevine damaged by Japanese beetles. (Kevin Yarr/CBC) The beetles eat leaves on plants like grapevines, fruit trees and bushes, and maple trees. Manning said their feeding can kill very young ...

An adult beetle is about two inches long, all black and has a single horn on its head. CRB grubs live in decomposing plant and animal waste. Adult CRB prefer to feed on coconut and other larger ...

If your property has pecan shells for ground cover or landscaping and is affected by the red flour beetle, contact the City of Socorro at 915-858-2915.