Japanese beetles are an invasive insect species currently at or near peak population. The beetles are known for skeletonizing leaves on hundreds of plant species, including common garden plants and ...

HOLDEN ― After years of effort to control the harmful invasive species, the town of Holden has become the first community removed from Worcester County’s Asian long-horned beetle quarantine zone.

With the Fourth of July comes not just backyard barbecues and fireworks but Japanese beetles, too. The green and copper-colored beetles with an appetite that’s destructive to hundreds of plants are ...