Flower chafer beetles, also known as Christmas beetles, are the shape, size and colour of a peanut and are attracted to light at night. AS the weather begins to warm up, you may notice an invasion of ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimise reproduction, making pollination one of nature’s most important processes. Bees are usually the first insects to ...

Dear Master Gardener: There are insects wreaking havoc on my rose and peony blossoms. They are one-half inch, khaki-colored beetles with orangish spiny legs. What are they and is there a way to get ...

Langstone, Hampshire: These jewel-like beetles shimmer violet, copper and gold, but they shouldn’t be emerging yet I’d just knocked a raspberry cane out of its pot when a metallic flash of emerald ...

With its shimmering green and gold shell, the common rose chafer is reminiscent of a valuable piece of jewelry. This year they are particularly common in Vorarlberg. Rose chafer beetles are definitely ...

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