I’m hoping there’s a bug expert here amongst my readers. My daughter was out looking at our grapes on our grape vine, and saw this huge yellow beetle on the leaves. YUK!!! Does anyone know what beetle this is? Does it eat grapes??
The beetle is large, about 1.5 to 2 inches long. It flew away when my daughter drew closer to snap photos.
I hope it’s harmless. I have HAD IT with bugs and critters eating away all my plants. Between the woodchucks, deer, and rabbits, we also have had infestations of grubs, Japanese beetles, tent caterpillars, the European sawfly larva, black flies, and various other nasty bugs I can’t identify. Wow.
29. July 2009 at 7:35 pm
The grapevine beetle, also known as Spotted June Beetle or the Spotted Pelidnota.
The adult beetle eats the leaves and fruit of grapevines, both wild and cultivated, although it is not normally a major pest of vineyards.
30. July 2009 at 12:43 am
GAhhhh!!! It eats GRAPES and GRAPEVINES?! Where this come from?! This is only my first year with grapes, and already I have a specialized pest.
Thanks for your help, though. I’m going to research about how ya kill these babies…
30. July 2009 at 1:46 am
It looks like a beetle and lady bug have mated! Great pictures that really capture the legs and colors!
30. July 2009 at 7:00 pm
I get nasty little beetles on my rose bush and as much as I hate killing I tend to like looking at my roses instead of seeing nasty little bugs devour them before they can even bloom. Good luck with all your pests.
13. August 2009 at 8:49 pm
Just got one of these in our apartment in Queens. Yeah – it flew across the kitchen and scared the **** out of me. Can’t imagine how it got in, unless it came with some greens from the farmer’s market as larva. Wonder how many I ate before they hit adulthood.