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Re: japanese beetles
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Posted by JRM on July 10, 2006 at 13:32:56 from (152.163.100.74):
In Reply to: japanese beetles posted by glennster on July 10, 2006 at 10:52:05:
Convince your neighbors to get the traps. When I took entomology in college, my professor was a colleague of the guy that invented the Japanese Beetle Trap. When he talked about beetle control, he said the traps were one of the worst things to get (and he supposedly had money in the company). They use a phermone (scent attractent) to lure the beetles to the trap. You will be getting your beetles and be bringing in more beetles from other properties adn will end up with more beetles than you started with. The bags fill up quick, but do not keep up with the onslaught of beetles. If you use to bags, put them as far away as possible from the plants you want to protect, the beetles will find them.
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