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Re: Attack of the Japanese Beetles

Wwll, I've tryed an experiment the past year.  People I know who free 
range their ducks seem to have less problems with Japanese beetles 
becasue the ducks eat the larvae from the ground.  Since I work I can't 
leave my ducks out all the time, but they are out evenings and weekends.  
The beetles have just come out so it is too soon to tell if this will 
work.  Also, I didn't start doing this until part wya trhough the summer 
last year.  Also I understand that you can hang the attractant in the 
chicken coop and the chickens will eat the beetles when they hit the 
vanes of the trap and fall down (no catcher attached).  My neighbor is 
palnning on puttin up traps this year.  Maybe his will attrack all of my 
beetles!  I find they are bad on the roses, oak leaf hydrangea and 
hollyhocks.

Anyone know what larva is eating the buds on my hollyhocks?  The buds are 
tuning brown and when I picked them apart, I found these larva. 


Denise Leonard
Tanstaafl Farm
Greenfield, MA
dal@shaysnet.com
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