Re: Japanese Beetles
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Japanese Beetles
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:38:42 EDT
In a message dated 7/13/99 10:26:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
sguzik@lynx.dac.neu.edu writes:
<< I went out several nights after dark with a flashlight and handpicked
the asiactic garden beetles. There were not scores but I did have the
dubious satisfaction of drowning a number of them. I suppose for this to
do any good it will have to become a ritual. >>
Are these asiatic beetles what we call in Ohio (and I thought everywhere)
Japanese beetles? I have noticed that most other gardens have quite a few of
them, but I rarely see more than one a day this year. I attribute this to
years of hunting them down. We routinely left jars of water in various spots
in the garden and then made a point of cruising through the garden at least
three times a day and drowning all we saw. After 9 years, almost no beetles.
Diligence is rewarded. (Of course as soon as I say this we'll discover that
the Japanese beetles in our yard are later than everyone else's and they'll
descend in hordes!)
Bill Lee
Zone 6a Cincinnati
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