Re: Re: A Summation On Japanese Beetles

**Pat Meadows p*@meadows.pair.com**

On Thu, 1 Jan 1970 10:50:48 +1000, you wrote:

>I have really enjoyed the discussion about Japanese beetles.  I have no 
>idea what they are but assume they are what we call African black 
>beetles, i.e. the ones that are a fat curled grub in the larval stage, 
>with a greyish head, up to about an inch long, under the ground, 
>especially in lawns and turf.  I also get them in container grown 
>plants.
>

Pictures:

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/housing/japanese-beetle/jbeetle.html

We have never had problems with them destroying grass,
although we live in 'Japanese beetle country': probably
because we let our grass alone, i.e., we don't fuss with it,
we don't use insecticides, we let it get too long, etc.   

Now I can tell people that we're not lazy, we're just using
a natural Japanese beetle control measure! <g>

But I have had (minor) problems with the adults eating
plants.  Last year, they did some minor damage to the basil
growing in containers on our front porch.  I went out early
in the mornings and tapped them into a coffee can of water,
and got rid of most of them that way.

Pat
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