Re: Strange ... good?

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

Here on the south side of Chicago I have had Japanese beetles but  
there are never so many that I can't squish them, provided 1) I'm not  
squeamish and
2) I patrol every day, maybe twice a day. This year they like both of  
the Home Run roses and my evening primrose (Oenothera biennis, the  
plant that opens its flowers in front of your very eyes around 8:45 on  
the first day of summer and progressively earlier as the season goes  
on. Sometimes there are as many as 5 or 6 on one flower so some may  
escape, but I figure they'll be back and I'll get them later. By the  
way, I have never understood the "drop them into soapy water"  
recommendation. My beetles fly and this would never work for me.

Carolyn Ulrich

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