Comments on: Viburnum leaf beetle invading NYC?

By: Connie B.

Connie B. — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:02:14 +0000

Also have these rotten pests in Portage county Ohio. Garrettsville. I have American cranberry, and dentatum. The bushes have been attacked twice.

By: Guy Maxwell

Guy Maxwell — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:06:41 +0000

This past spring/summer I discovered viburnum leaf beetles on 7 Arrowwood Viburnum bushes and 3 American Cranberrybush Viburnums in my backyard in Montclair, NJ. I has amazed at how quickly they devoured large portions of the shrubs. They also fed on Joe Pye Weed, though not as aggressively.

By: khackney

khackney — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:29:28 +0000

In June,for the first time, I found beetle larvae on my Cranberry Highbush and Arrowwood Viburnum. I painstakinging picked the worms off each leaf,then used Safer’s Soap, so the beetle damage doesn’t seem as bad as it could be. I live inside the city limits of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

When is the best time to use suffocating oil on the eggs…in the fall or spring????

By: Michael Pollock

Michael Pollock — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:57:58 +0000

I just found the first viburnum beetle that I have noticed on the NJ Audubon, Scherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary, Bernardsville, Somerset Co, NJ, 07924. It was on a planted V. dentatum in a restoration area on the property where we have been planting natives for 5 years. I am the restoration specialist on the property and have been watching carefully for several years. I will be surveying for more, photographing, and documenting the extent of damage over the next few days.

By: William Wyman

William Wyman — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:05:33 +0000

I just gave a live adult female beetle with egg casings from a V. Dentatum branch to the Agriculture extension service of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, to confirm the beetle has infiltrated here. The state is now on alert.

By: hugh

hugh — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:08:38 +0000

I believe that I’ve had these pests in the garden since late july.
Luzerne county PA

By: GAYLE BLANCHARD

GAYLE BLANCHARD — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:41:20 +0000

I discovered the beetles on my snowball virburnums last week here in Rexford, NY. In June I had all of the leaves eaten off my bushes, must have been the larva? Now it must be the adult ones that are once again stripping the leaves?

By: Denise Ellsworth

Denise Ellsworth — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:17:52 +0000

Don’t know how interested you are in the progression into Ohio, but we are infested in Summit County (Akron), with beginning damage noted to the counties south and west of us (Stark and Wayne). I’m trying to keep track of the progression through our OSU Phenology Garden network.

Denise Ellsworth
OSU Extension, Summit County

By: Cindy Tilson

Cindy Tilson — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:02:27 +0000

I live in Austinburg, OH (Ashtabula County) along the Grand River next to a nature preserve (1 hr west of PA line). I have two 7 year old korean spice vibernums that in the space of 4 days have been attacked by this beetle. Leaves are damaged, turning black and dropping. Adult beetles are devouring the leaves. Will be surfing the net to determine what to do next. This area is prime nursery land, and the infestation could be devastating to local growers.

By: Martin Kinnaman

Martin Kinnaman — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:52:09 +0000

I work in Northeast PA and I have discovered the viburnum leaf beetle on a job site in Swiftwater, PA. The plants were shipped from the Philly area about 2 years before.