That is the worst news! I hate those things. I have lost my blackberry crop the last two years to those darned bugs!

I haven't seen any here so far.

I wish I knew how to protect the blackberries.

Last year I saw them on May 27 so was hoping they weren't arriving this year at all. Delusional, I know.

Are they destroying the blooms or the plants of your blackberries?

Saw 6 tonight. Dang!! Tomorrow off come the roses. I don't know if it'll have any effect but I'm trying it anyway.

I saw three yesterday. I beat them to the black raspberries. I picked enough for a batch of jam, 5 cups. They eat the ripe fruit first. The blackberries are in the red stage.

If I tried to eliminate everything they eat from my yard, I would have nothing left!

I think they will just find something else in your yard if you cut off the rose blooms. I saw some this morning on Missouri evening primrose. I also tasted stinkbugs and saw a couple on black raspberry and blueberry fruit.

I had seen a few everyday for several days, but today they are there in mass. They are eating my crape myrtle leaves and blooms and leaves on my knockout roses :( I hate those things!

I'm seeing them here too. I put up a beetle bag on Wednesday and have only caught about a cupful so far. I suspect there will be a lot more soon though.

I used a Bayer 3in1 hose end product on the roses. I have no idea if it will help at all or not.

I have seen them on:

roses
cherry tree
sassafras tree
corn
hibiscus moscheutos

I need to go out back and check the new orchard!

I am trying to pick them off as I see them and drown them in a coffee can of water. I suspect it is a loosing battle.

I know they love the elm trees....those they can have!