Everything you always wanted to know about a japanese beetle..

16 years ago

Hi everyone,

I found this article and thought I'd pass it along, it's a little heavy on insectiside use, but it explains all about japanese beetles and has some good information.

http://gardening.about.com/od/gardenproblems/a/Japanese_Beetle.htm

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keesha2006
16 years ago
Thanks!!! The best way to defeat the enemy is to know the enemy....I have them once again by the zillions.....sometimes....sometimes..no matter how much I adore the splash of color from my rose of sharons..I am tempted to get rid of them in July....just because of the beatles..then I come to my senses.....but briefly every July I consider it...
lavendrfem
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16 years ago
Rose of Sharon, huh? I got some seeds in the exchange that I was going to plant in the backyard, I think I'll reconsider!
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carrie630
16 years ago
keesha - going through the same thing wth mine. Why do I bother keeping it? Well, I guess if the Jap Beetles don't eat that they would eat something else. At least they all congregate mainly on my two bushes, and so it's a lot easier to get a lot of them at once like that. One time, I know that they hide out in the unopened buds, I squeezed the bud to kill them, and I just missed a huge bumble bee.

Too bad the bumbles don't eat the Japs

Carrie
keesha2006
16 years ago
Hey Lav...plant those seeds anyway....the beauty of the bush wins out in the end and what Carrie said is true..at least they don't spread out over the yard..you can easily get them in one place by whatever your prefered method...the butterflies LOVE my Rose of Sharons and many kinds of small birds perch there. So while I grumbled..in the end..the Rose of Sharon wins in the end...those seeds you got might of come from me..I know I sent some.
gardenscout
16 years ago
Plant 4 o'clocks -- the jap beetles devour them and then they (the japs) die. I tried it the first time this year, and it really works. There are dead beetles right on and all around my plants. They seem to die while they are in the act of chewing -- it's a beautiful thing. I have fewer this year than I have ever had.

Oddly, however, I planted the yellow and white variety from seed, and they all bloomed fuschia. So I have some serious color clashing going on in my pastel garden, but they are worth it for the valuable service they provide.
gldno1
16 years ago
That's great information about the 4 o'clocks. I have never raised them but the beetles alone is worth trying them.

I agree, if it isn't the Rose of Sharon, it will be the roses, the malva moscheutos, the KMOTGG, etc. That, so far, is the only thing I have seen them on. Then, of course, there are grasshoppers, aphids, potato beetles, squash bugs, ........
carrie630
16 years ago
I did my four-oclocks late this year - they are just blooming. From what I understand, though, it's also the leaves that are poisonous to them. Yay! Hope that works.

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