Someone in the forums inspired me to write an article about getting rid of beetles. The question was about Asian beetles. Now, there are a couple of beetles that come up when searching for Asian beetles, but I had no idea how many species of beetles there were. Almost 25% of all known life forms on earth are of the order Coleoptera, which are beetles. Can you believe that? Now, can you believe that I wrote an article about how to get rid of all 350,000 of those species? Well, you’re right. I didn’t. I wrote an article that barely does the topic justice. It’s not a bad article, but it’s limited in its scope–and it has to be. I will say this, though: I covered most of the major beetle pests that plague our houses, gardens, and communities.

This is just the beginning of what I hope will be a six-part series covering the topic of how to get rid of beetles. I have already written an article about lady beetles, and I believe Japanese Beetles are next.