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We Have Been Invaded by Japanese Beetles

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North East part of Oklahoma has been invaded by Japanese beetles! Never saw so many. I understand that they are in large numbers in Missouri and Kansas also. Fortunately we don't have many plants they will destroy (hopefully), but I've never seen this concentration in our area. :crazy: :cryin: PJ
 
No matter what we do, Nature will come out ahead.

Reminds me of a joke (?) - I'll post it in Humor.
 
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BTW just got an estimate for the best part of 2k for the infestations in our back yard - emerald ash borer and something in the cedars.
 
JPSmit said:
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I had some great email correspondence a few years back with Tuck Hersey "John" from a Japanese Beatles tribute band called the Mendips.
He was a nice guy and even sent me a VHS tape of his group in several different performances. I still have that (rather grainy) tape and I ripped it to an MP4 file so I can watch it via my Apple TV on the big screen. They were not too bad as tribute bands go! (and to the best of my knowledge they are know known for eating plants that are not in a salad). (In case you're wondering where the name came from, it's the name of the neighborhood (The Mendips) where John Lennon grew up.)

 
Is that the ones that look like Lady bugs? If so, watch out. Unlike a real lady bug, the invasive ones can bite. Hurts, too! Much worse (to me anyway) than mosquito.
 
Back in the 1940s, the beetles arrived in CT. My mom would spend hours picking them off the rose bushes and popping them into a bottle full of kerosene. Not so bad today, at least in CT.
 
TR3driver said:
Is that the ones that look like Lady bugs? If so, watch out. Unlike a real lady bug, the invasive ones can bite. Hurts, too! Much worse (to me anyway) than mosquito.
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Not really, no relation between Lady bugs ans Japanese beetles.
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pdplot said:
Back in the 1940s, the beetles arrived in CT. My mom would spend hours picking them off the rose bushes and popping them into a bottle full of kerosene. Not so bad today, at least in CT.
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That brings back memories Tom. We used gasoline, but I did that many times in the 1950's too. Kept a jar of gas in the garage and would go out and pluck beetles and drop them in.
 
Onions.

Chop up an onion. Soak in warm water for an hour or two. Then spray the onion water on the plant that's "hosting" the japanese beetles. Beetles hate onions, and will be gone (and starve) overnight.

Technique from around 1800. Still works today. No poison or dangerous stuff involved.

Tom M.
 
PAUL161 said:
Not really, no relation between Lady bugs ans Japanese beetles.
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Sorry, my mistake. I was thinking of "Asian Lady Beetles".
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The worst is yet to come if you have a nice lawn. All those Japanese Beatles are going to lay eggs in your lawn and hatch into grubs next year. The grubs then eat the grass roots leaving you with dead spots all over the lawn.
 
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