Japanese Beetles

It goes against the grain of
good manners when total strangers
feel somehow entitled to enter
property not their own and
indulge in looting at your expense.
True, they are beautiful but
dining out voraciously on that
merit alone does them no credit.
Their eggs sprout larvae that
consume the roots of our lawn
then the adults conspire to shock
at their lascivious hedonism
copulating wildly, taking time off
to indulge in destroying prized
garden specimens. As invasive
species whom no one invited 
into our garden, they have taken
with unseemly gusto to our
innocent corkscrew hazel, 
munching the foliage so the tree
appears desolate. Then they turn
their greedy sights on our roses,
those creatures bent on defoliating
our garden Though their iridescent
bronze-green carapace is spectacular
and their flight fascinating, we 
are not the least bit amused.