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Urban and Community Integrated Pest Management
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What's That Beetle in My Roses?
![Adult hoplia beetle and feeding damage. [J.K.Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/43235small.jpg "Adult hoplia beetle and feeding damage. [J.K.Clark]")
If you grow roses, you might be noticing damage on the flowers caused by hoplia beetles (Hoplia callipyge). Hoplia beetles, which are common between March and May, especially in the Central Valley, feed on the blossoms of light-colored roses and other...
![Mature larva of hoplia beetle. [J. K. Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/43236.jpg)
Mature larva of hoplia beetle. [J. K. Clark]
