Japanese beetles are here -- early!
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Japanese beetles has arrived here in Omaha.
Comments (3)Here, too, Tony. They're feeding on ripening blackberries - forcing me to pick most of them at least a couple of days prior to peak ripeness/sweetness. Imagine they'll be hitting the plums pretty soon....See MoreNow that the Japanese Beetles are here
Comments (7)Sevin does a good job. They are a social bug and after a few show up and find it hospitable, more seem to arrive. I think if we can keep them away at the outset, that the many will not follow. Last year I had pole beans and it brought them in like a magnet. This year I am going to go after them more aggressively. I did put in some milky spore last fall, but I don't think it probably helped as it the weather didn't cooperate and water it in at times I anticipated it would....See Morejapanese beetles here
Comments (11)Mjsee, rofl on pretending that they're hollering for help. What fun to picture that! Love your posts. A friendly difference of opinion: I'm not sure that the bag-a-bug and JB traps attract more of the little pests than one would already attract with roses. It's possible, but after thinking about it for a bit, I've come up with a different theory. JBs will travel long distances, relatively speaking, to get to their preferred plants. We all know, unfortunately, the JBs prefer roses to just about anything else. Damn them! :-) If we have roses, we're already getting JBs from far and wide, not just from the immediate vicinity. I have a pet theory that the traps don't attract any more JBs than our roses already do. But it's just an unproven hypothesis, based on the hundreds or thousands I used to see on the roses. Those are not just my JBs, but those from at least 6 of my neighbors too. :-) When these demonic insects go into the traps, there are far fewer on the roses, and disposing of them is much easier--for those of us who are lazy or would rather not look at JBs any more than we have to. Hey, I can get my boyfriend to empty the traps (he considers it his job), but I couldn't get him to pick them off the roses and/or beetle-dunk 'em. Ah, there's nothing like a good mass murder of JBs, regardless of the method. We can all agree that we hate, loathe, and abhor Japanese beetles. If I had one wish....ok, I'd ask for a few million dollars. But if I had a second wish, it would be to eradicate these beasties from the planet. Hang in there!...See Morejapanese beetles are still here
Comments (7)They're still here too. They started in early July and are still munching away. I expect they will finally be gone with the first killing frosts, coming in a few weeks....sigh. With such a short growing season and then the beetles to contend with, I only get about 3 - 4 weeks beetle-free. After they come, every bloom gets destroyed. I know your pain. Sorry they're still "bugging" you too. Celeste...See More
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