Re: Japanese beetles

**m*@comcast.net**

I am glad Duane asked, "Where did all the Japanese beetles go?" as I wondered the same thing. I am 50 miles northwest of Chicago and saw my first beetle June 15 (a week or two early). But since then I have seen only about a dozen of them, andÂonly a coupleÂwere onÂmy roses. They are more interested in my daylily bloomsÂthis year. Like most of the country, we are in a drought now, but did not have a drought last year like Jo Ellen mentioned in Indy. I wonder if the temperatures (warm March and April, then some freezes, then blistering summer heat) are the reason. 

Michelle Byrne Walsh 

mbyrnew@comcast.net 

Editor 

Indiana Gardening, Missouri Gardener, Wisconsin Gardening, Ohio Gardener, Pennsylvania Gardener magazines 

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