swarm of bugs eating leaves and mating like mad

Prefect_1998

Hi we have some bushes in the garden and we just notices the leaves are riddled with holes. We found the insects on most of the leaves. Pics attached.

Please help bushes being distroyed

invicta

Probably greenfly or whitefly(can't see images)
Spray with any greenfly spray from any garden center

Prefect_1998

sorry pics attached,
the bugs are much bigger than greenfly, like a beetle

invicta

Looks like June Beetle!(how apt!)
Control, by using nematodes!
i.e. Using beetle parasites to actually kill their hosts.you would need to talk to an entomologist to find the proper nematode.but I'm sure there is probably a spray or powder to do the job too!

Prefect_1998

invicta wrote: »

Looks like June Beetle!(how apt!)
Control, by using nematodes!
i.e. Using beetle parasites to actually kill their hosts.you would need to talk to an entomologist to find the proper nematode.but I'm sure there is probably a spray or powder to do the job too!

thanks a million....

Qualitymark

danielle_door wrote: »

sorry pics attached,
the bugs are much bigger than greenfly, like a beetle

If they're European Chafers, they don't eat plants as adults, but they lay their eggs around grass roots http://blog.timesunion.com/gardening/the-bad-news-beetles/3784/ and their larvae then eat the roots.

You can get nematodes to control them

I get dried mealworms from Breffni House Pets in Windy Arbour, and throw these around the lawn. The local starlings, sparrows, tits, blackbirds, doves and magpies then arrive and scoop them up over the day, going a nice bit of scratching and grazing while they're at it; good for controlling nasties in the lawn. But then my lawn isn't velvet.