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Rosebushes are great additions to aflower garden.

Read on for more information about rosebush pests and how to avoid them in the garden.

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Pests vs.

Beneficial Insects

Of course, not all insects on your rosebush will harm it.

Most Common Rosebush Pests

Aphids

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Aphids are commonly found on rosebushes.

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Fuller Rose Beetles

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These beetles are brown with no wings.

Some experts say they resemble weevils.

Sawfly Larvae

Also known as rose slugs, sawfly larvae resemble green caterpillars.

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Thrips

Thrips are fast moving, tiny insects with wings.

Midges

A small flying insect, rose midges lays eggs inside rose leaves surrounding the blooms.

Japanese Beetles

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Japanese beetles look green in color.

A pretty Rose Chafer or the Green rose Chafer Beetle on a leaf.

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Tips for Preventing Rosebush Pests

A Sawfly Caterpillar walking along a wooden fence in springtime.

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Leafhopper on a grass leaf.

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Several small thrips on a daisy flower.

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Spider mites on the leaves of a plant.

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midge on plant

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A type of cane borer, a click beetle

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Japanese beetle on a green leaf

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A Leafcutter Bee gathers pollen from flowers in summer.

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Whitefly adults on a green leaf.

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