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rose chafer

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rose chafer
n.
A long-legged gray North American beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus) that causes damage to the roots, leaves, and blossoms of garden plants, especially roses. Also called rose beetle, rose bug.
rose chafer, beetle
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a British scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, that has a greenish-golden body with a metallic lustre and feeds on plants
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Noun1.rose chafer - a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rosesrose chafer - a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
Cetonia aurata, rose beetle
scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
Cetonia, genus Cetonia - a genus of Cetoniidae
2.rose chafer - common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vinesrose chafer - common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
Macrodactylus subspinosus, rose bug
melolonthid beetle - any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae
genus Macrodactylus, Macrodactylus - a genus of Melolonthidae
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Rose bushes are prone to being invaded by many different kinds of damaging insects like rose midge larva, rose cane borer, thrips, Japanese beetles, stem girders, aphids, rose slugs, mites, caterpillars, scale insects, and rose chafers.
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In addition, another set of vines was damaged early in the season (pea-sized berry) and late in the season (veraison) utilizing two naturally occurring foliar herbivores: the rose chafer, Macrodactylus subspinosus, and the Japanese beetle, Popillia japordca, respectively.
Grapevine Compensation to Foliar Herbivory: Timing Matters. ... by Michigan Academician
 
 
 
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