The adult insects are about a half-inch long and tannish in color. They are similar to the “June bugs” commonly found in Minnesota in early summer but are generally a bit smaller and lighter in color.

Climate change brings so much uncertainty and confusion into our lives, and nobody is safe from feeling its effects. One way that climate change may be impacting you is in your garden. Higher ...

Even though their appearance might not suggest it, grubs aren't necessarily bad for your garden. Among beetle larvae, there ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — If you're the type of person who is obsessed with a healthy green lawn, there's a new nemesis in Minnesota to keep an eye out for. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) says a ...

Japanese beetles are an unwelcome sight, but many other garden beetles are good bugs worth welcoming to your yard.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock These invasive insects are taking grassy spaces by storm, leaving only dirt behind. Invasive Chafer beetles ...

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 ...

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 with ...

Life on Earth runs on a 24-hour cycle as the planet turns. Animals and plants have built-in circadian clocks that synchronize metabolism and behavior to this daily cycle. But one beetle is out of sync ...