Asiatic Garden Beetle

The adult Asiatic Garden Beetle is broad, long and shaped like a wedge. You can begin to identify this lawn pest by its chestnut-brown color and velvety sheen. The adult beetle’s hind legs are distinctly larger and broader than its front or middle legs. Asiatic Garden Beetle grubs are identified by the vertical slit near the backside of the grub and a transverse (i.e., following the body's curve) row of brown spines. Although Asiatic Garden Beetles pose less of a problem for turf grass than other lawn-destroying insects (they actually eat weed roots, especially Orange Hawkweed), the animals that feed on Asiatic Garden Beetle grubs can cause damage to your lawn when digging and searching for food.