Annika
Yes it does live in MI. If you google rose chafer in MI you will get several websites of information...like this one - http://www.ipm.msu.edu/woodylandscape/rosechafer.htm
Here is more info on this pest tho not from MI it is basic info - http://ipm.ncsu.edu/AG189/html/Rose_Chafer.HTML
Hope that helps...let us know if you need more info.
HELP! by: Annika
I am doing a report on the rose chafer and i have a question. Do you know if this speicies could live in Michigan?
Thank you!
Annika
Thank you by: Sandy
Moni, what would we do without you! Thanks so much for the ID of this pest and your comments are very much appreciated.
Rose chafer by: Moni
Sandy
As you have found out the Rose chafer is a destructive beetle. These beetles eat a wide variety of flowers and foliage in the garden.
The adults are especially active in late June for about 3 weeks. Once the female has laid her eggs then she dies.
Note that the beetle does contain a toxin (cantharadin) that can poison chickens or other birds.
The larvae are grubs that live in the soil feeding on non-crop type roots and are not considered a pest unlike the adult.
This insect is found in eastern North America.
To control the beetles it is best to hand pick and drop them in warm soapy water. Beetles tend to fall when disturbed so putting a bucket of soapy water under the plant they are on and shaking it would collect some. They can fly in from neighboring gardens so you will have to keep on the look out.
Another method of control is to put floating row covers over prize plants and those most attractive to the beetles (then they will fly to the neighbors garden! :-)
Hope that helps...they are a relatively short term pest.
