Something is eating my roses!!
For the last two years I have been plagued by a flying beetle, small, black with grey dots on it, who gets into the rose buds and eats all of them away. I have tried spraying soapy water on them, but they just fly away and come back later. If I catch them, I drown them but they can go through several rose bushes in a matter of hours! Does anyone know what they are, and how I can get rid of them. They only seem to be around in June, eat my roses, and then go off to somewhere else!!
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BEETLES AND ROSES
There are different kinds of beetles who have one thing in common: they love roses, particularly buds! Possibly, your enemies will be amongst this lot that I found in the old forum, as we discussed this matter several times:
www.hlasek.com/ccbrouci1an.html
Soapy water, hosing down the bushes.... there are several organic methods. Otherwise, find a pyrethrum-based insecticide and play the exterminator role.
Good luck!
Rose bugs
I had the same problem and found (by accident) that if you spray with insecticide BEFORE the rose buds open then you stand a better chance of seeing off th bugs.
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Bugs!
Thank you both. I will try that next year and see if I manage to get any whole, uneaten roses this time!