Re: "Natural Checks" for Japanese Beetles?

**C* U* <c*@sbcglobal.net>**

Interesting that you've only had Japanese beetles for 4 years. I  
first saw one in the mid-1980s here in Chicago. Not knowing what it  
was, I cooed "Oh what a pretty bug!" Someone quickly set me straight.

Carolyn Ulrich
On Jul 21, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Noel Valdes wrote:

> T.C.,
>
> In Japan, the beetles are hardly a problem, a native parasitic wasp  
> keeps
> their populations from exploding.  That wasp has been introduced  
> here with
> limited, but some success:
>
> http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/mbcn/fea508.html
>
> The beetle has been in the U.S. since at least 1912.  Where is is long
> established, birds and other predators start to impart some  
> control. The
> pest has only been in this part of Wisconsin for four years.  It is  
> still on
> an upcycle but eventually nature will slow it down and make it more
> manageable.
>
> Noel Valdes
> CobraHead LLC
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>
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:13 PM, TC <tc@thewritegardener.com> wrote:
>
>> Noel,
>>
>> I'm not aware of any "natural checks" for Japanese beetles. Please  
>> explain.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> TC
>>
>>
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