Re: A Summation On Japanese Beetles

**"MARGARET LAUTERBACH" m*@msn.com**

I think they also kill billbugs, don't they? Are endophytes only contained 
in the blades of grass or are they in the roots too? What are Japanese 
beetle grubs doing in the lawn if they're not eating grass roots?  Thanks, 
Margaret Lauterbach

> Endophytes have no effect on JB because those beetles don't eat the
> grass.  They do kill sod webworms and chinch bugs which eat the grass
> and ingest the endophytes.
> Jeff
> 
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