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War has started.
The Japanese beetles have arrived this afternoon. They went right for my rugosa flowers and my raspberry bushes.
A few now, but it will be hundreds I drown daily pretty soon. UGH.
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06/27/09, 10:03 PM
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Darn thread title!
I was thinking something much worse. Now I can calm back down...
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06/27/09, 10:29 PM
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There is nothing worse then these things. They defoliate everything and eat all the flowers too.
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06/27/09, 10:39 PM
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I just googled to see what they look like. Havent seen any here (yet). What do they do?
Is there a natural way to eliminate them?
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Yes there is. Plant four o'clocks. Japanese Beetles love to eat four o'clocks, which are poisonous and kill them.
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06/27/09, 10:43 PM
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Do you mean the ladybug beetles? Oh gag, I can hardly wait, NOT!! Oooh, I hate those things! I think I literally had a million of them by the time the "season" was over! I haven't seen that many the whole rest of my life as I did here in one spell. Late in the season I discovered mulberry candles and/or oil really helped. I'm starting with the first one I see this year and hope to keep the majority away. Nasty, stinky little buggers, ugh.
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06/27/09, 10:50 PM
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Hang a ferimon(sp) lure over your chicken run attached to the chicken feeder and watch the chicken s gobble them by the hundreds. They are the little green triangles. They think they are going to mate but become lunch instead. Easy chicken feed also.
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06/27/09, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by calliemoonbeam
Do you mean the ladybug beetles? Oh gag, I can hardly wait, NOT!! Oooh, I hate those things! I think I literally had a million of them by the time the "season" was over! I haven't seen that many the whole rest of my life as I did here in one spell. Late in the season I discovered mulberry candles and/or oil really helped. I'm starting with the first one I see this year and hope to keep the majority away. Nasty, stinky little buggers, ugh.
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No, not ladybugs. lady bugs are at least useful, not destructive LOL
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06/28/09, 12:19 AM
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I dont have any YET, but I do have some great roses this year so I'm sure they will show up soon. What is the best way to get rid of them??
I dont care if it is chemicals or not, it is all out war!!!!
Alice in Virginia
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06/28/09, 06:10 AM
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They head straight for my grape vines. If I don't take care of them, they turn all of my grape leaves into a lace. I knock them off into a can of water, then feed to the chickens. One year I used one of those bags with the attractant. They worked well...too well. I had more that year than I had ever had before! I think it draws them from all over the countryside!
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06/28/09, 06:31 AM
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Hang in there--to the victor go the spoils!
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06/28/09, 06:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by myheaven
Hang a ferimon(sp) lure over your chicken run attached to the chicken feeder and watch the chicken s gobble them by the hundreds. They are the little green triangles. They think they are going to mate but become lunch instead. Easy chicken feed also.
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This is a great idea for the little varmints. Thanks.
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06/28/09, 07:42 AM
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I didn't google what they look like yet but aren't those the little hard shell beetle that get's in your garden & makes all the squash, pumpkins, cukes & melons look like lace? Are they yellow & black striped?
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06/28/09, 05:01 PM
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I'm right there with ya! I take great delight in drowning them in a jar of soapy water.
I used the chicken coop method at our old house too. It worked like a charm.
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06/28/09, 05:10 PM
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These are the ones we're talking about;
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06/28/09, 05:16 PM
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they look kinda metallic green on the wings IRL
also, they stick to your fingers with their nasty bug legs
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06/28/09, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mike692
They head straight for my grape vines. If I don't take care of them, they turn all of my grape leaves into a lace. I knock them off into a can of water, then feed to the chickens. One year I used one of those bags with the attractant. They worked well...too well. I had more that year than I had ever had before! I think it draws them from all over the countryside!
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Same here. We had 3 time the beetles after hanging one up.
Thinking about getting some again and hang them on a telephone pole, 1/4 mile up the road..
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06/28/09, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by fellini123
I dont have any YET, but I do have some great roses this year so I'm sure they will show up soon. What is the best way to get rid of them??
I dont care if it is chemicals or not, it is all out war!!!!
Alice in Virginia
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They don't like Sevin very well. It's easiest applied by a hose end srpayer or duster.
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06/28/09, 08:08 PM
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I saw one a few miles up the road early last week. Still waiting on them here. Luckily around here they are really attracted to the Chestnut trees and I couldn't care less what they do to them. We always grab a handful on the walk to the fishing pond and throw them in to watch the fish jump at them. Of course there are always the smart ones that remember they can fly and swoop up at the last moment. I hate the june bugs worse. I have hated ever since they scared me when I rode my bike as a child. I always loved taking a wiffle ball bat to those buggers.
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06/28/09, 08:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by plowjockey
Same here. We had 3 time the beetles after hanging one up.
Thinking about getting some again and hang them on a telephone pole, 1/4 mile up the road..
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Yep, hang the trap a bit away (I think up to half a mile away) from your house to draw the beetles to it. Works great.
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