This year’s warmer winter, fewer predators hunting the beetles or even just the valley’s abundance of green space could be why we’re seeing more of these insects.

Though these pests may seem unavoidable, there are ways to combat them. Putting a mesh netting over plants, buying Japanese ...

Why Are Some Beetles Shiny? It’s Not What Researchers Thought The glossy shell of some beetles, it has long been speculated, helps hide the insects from predators. A recent paper put the hypothesis to ...

During the heatwave, I spread a layer of mulch over my backyard in preparation for fruit tree planting and by the next day found a number of dead, shiny green beetles on top of the mulch. These ...

What does the Japanese beetle look like? Japanese beetles have shiny, metallic green bodies and six legs. Adults are about 1/2 inch long. The tips of their antennae (feelers) can open like a fan.

This shiny green beetle is responsible for decimating ash tree populations by the millions. Chesapeake is trying to be proactive in protecting local ash trees.

The small, shiny green beetle is native to Asia and has killed over a hundred million ash trees nationwide since its arrival in the U.S. roughly 20 years ago.