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3/8" long metallic green beetles with copper brown wing covers. These insects cause widespread damage feeding on plant material. They feed on about 300 species of plant,ranging from roses to poison ivy. Odor seems to be a factor in their selection of food plants.
Large groups of beetles do the most damage, feeding on the soft tissue between the veins of leaves, causing the skeletonized appearance that is characteristic of this pest. They prefer to feed on plants in direct sunlight and can cause much damage.
If there is one bug a gardener should know it is the Japanese beetle. Its larvae in the soil is known as the white grub that will eat the roots of your grassy lawn. When the beetle appears it eats its way through plants especially roses and leaves them like skeleton forms.
