European chafer grubs are hard to distinguish from Japanese beetle grubs — both are white, C-shaped soil dwellers. Once they emerge as adult beetles, the difference is noticeable.

Minnesotans have a new pest to battle: the European chafer beetle, an insect known to cause major damage to lawns. Officials with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed the arrival of ...

Holotrichia parallela, the large black chafer beetle, is a serious agricultural pest in Asia. The beetles have an unusual mating strategy, with females emerging every other night and releasing a ...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota’s first sighting of an invasive European chafer beetle was recently reported by a South Minneapolis resident after noticing large swarms of beetles in the homeowner’s yard.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture said Monday that the European chafer beetle has been found in the state for the first time. The insect can cause major damage to turf grass, according to MDA.

Holotrichia parallela, the large black chafer beetle, is a serious agricultural pest in Asia. The beetles have an unusual mating strategy, with females emerging every other night and releasing a ...

Milky spore is a disease that's effective only against the Japanese beetle grub. If your damage is due to the grub of the masked chafer beetle -- also fairly common -- that would explain why your ...

Coming next to Minnesota is the European chafer beetle. A bit larger than the Japanese beetle and duller in color, its grubs feed on the roots of the lawns in which they spend most of their life ...

The down side of that is that milky spore disease controls only Japanese beetle grubs, not chafer or other beetle grubs. So if your main problem is one of those beetles, this product won't be ...

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 ...

Minnesota’s first sighting of an invasive European chafer beetle was recently reported by a South Minneapolis resident after noticing large swarms of beetles in the homeowner’s yard. Officials ...