Re: Japanese Beetles
- Subject: Re: Japanese Beetles
- From: D* W*
- Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 13:41:40 -0400
- Resent-Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:12:59 -0700
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Carol,
Dropping Japanese Beetles in to soapy water kills them as well. And I would
think it would be alot easier to get rid of than gasoline!
"Young, Carol K E" wrote:
> Hi all,
> Japanese beetles (iridescent dark brown or black, about the size of the
> fingernail on my little finger) are a garden scourge! They can be seen
> eating on your favorite plants in broad daylight. Kill every one you see,
> because they can really damage certain plants. My lythrum should be
> beautiful, but only a few small blossoms because of Jbs. They also love
> basil. Don't seem to like tomatoes. I squash Jbs; I've also heard of picking
> them off the plants, and dropping them into a can of gasoline. Have no
> mercy!
> I am not fond of June bugs either (light brown, not iridescent, more
> the size of my (female) thumbnail). I rarely see one in the day. They are
> attracted to light at night, and make noise against window screens, trying
> to get in. But to my knowledge, they don't bother the garden, so I don't try
> to kill them, unless they insist on flying into my hair.
> Glad to hear we got the ants taken care of! If I had the guts to go
> down my crawl space, I could probably get rid of my carpenter ants without
> exterminators/poison/$$$.
>
> Carol
> Indianapolis
>
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Oakland County, Michigan USA;USDA Hardiness Zones 5b/6a
