. Many kinds of beetles lay their eggs underground, the grubs eat the roots of plants as they develop. Some of the soil grubs include Junebugs and Japanese beetles. Grubs will go through 5 molts before becoming a pupa. Many beetles spend the winter in the dormant pupa stage, becoming an adult the following spring or summer. Some kinds of grubs can cause damage to grass in lawns. A form of natural, and environmentally friendly, pesticide is a bacterium called "BT" or Bacillus thuringensis. This bacterium kills beetle grubs in the soil.
This fuzzy Beetle has the pollinia of Milkweed on its rear legs.
Saxinis saucia I found this small beetle with a red dot on its wing eating a plant in my yard. I identified it from my new Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America, which was written by my Bugguide friend, Eric.
