Re: Japanese beetles

**N* S* <s*@earthlink.net>**

Probably will be even fewer next year. Japanese beetles love to lay  
their eggs in the moist soil of turf grass. Even folks who irrigate  
are having trouble keeping the soil moist.  Nancy Szerlag
On Jul 19, 2012, at 3:00 PM, mbyrnew@comcast.net wrote:

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> 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, and only a couple were on my roses.  
> They are more interested in my daylily blooms this 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.
>
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>
> Michelle Byrne Walsh
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> mbyrnew@comcast.net
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