Northeast Gardening: HELP...JAPANESE BEATLES HAVE ARRIVED!!!!, 1 by ngam

ngam wrote:
I was deadheading some echinacea because they had holes and were turning a lovely tan shade and came in contact with an ambush bug. I thought it was a lingerong beetle and grabbed it to give it the squish for eating my blooms and the little sucker bit me, twice, drew blood. Vicious little things. Okay so it was just defending itself or though it was lunch time but a nasty little sting to their nibble. Put him back on now deceased bloom and took his pic. I have found several of them on the echies and remove them usually if the flutterbys are out and about.