What can I do to get rid of Japanese Beatles?

Question

I live in Wisconsin, and we have all of these Japanese Beatles in every room. I'm getting kind of sick of them, and can't seem to find anything that gets rid of them or kills them. Can anyone help? Thanks!

Answer 1

Get a japanese beetle trap from a seed company like gurneys



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Answer 2

They start, apparently, in your lawn as some sort of grub, which will eat patches of your yard even then. Then when they develope into the full grown beetles, they eat everything that isn't tied down, and if it's tied down, they untie it and eat it anyway! They almost destroyed my flowers last season, and I won't let them this year. If I understand correctly, you have to start the process in the spring, in the yard. There is a product of crystals which you spread over your entire lawn that is supposed to kill the grub so that the beetle never developes. Then if they DO, you can put up those beetle traps and catch the ones that make it to adulthood. I wish I knew of a more natural way to deal with them but I don't. So in my yard in a few months, chemicals it is! Good luck!
BTW, I've never heard of them in someone's home. Ladybug infestations, yes, but not Japanese beetles.

Answer 3

Control is a long term process. First of all, the bug traps only work if everyone in your neighborhood uses them. The phermones used are very strong (to the beetle), so if you are the only one using them, you will draw all the bugs within half a mile. When they get there, a lot go in the bag, but a lot more go on your plants. Putting out one of those lures is like opening a singles bar near a college campus. You get lots of "customers" and they hook up and make more bugs for next year. Can you tell I have used these? They just make matters worse.

I now use a product called Milky Spore. You put it on three times a year for two years, but then it protects the area for 25 years. It works by killing the the grubs that turn into Japanese beetles. It is safe for other beneficial things like earthworms. The grubs eat some of the spore, it grow and multiplies inside them until they die, then that extra spore goes back in the ground to kill the next grub.

For long term control, though, you also need to do some research on what plants you can put out that the nasty bugs do not like. They do not "eat everything". They are drawn to some things and not others. What you plant depends on your part of the country, rainfall, etc.

For the midwest: The adults do not like to feed on ageratum, arborvitae, ash, baby's breath, garden balsam, begonia, bleeding heart, boxwood, buttercups, caladium, carnations, Chinese lantern plant, cockscomb, columbine, coralbells, coralberry, coreopsis, cornflower, daisies, dogwood (flowering), dusty-miller, euonymus, false cypresses, firs, forget-me-not, forsythia, foxglove, hemlock, hollies, hydrangeas, junipers, kale (ornamental), lilacs, lilies, magnolias, maple (red or silver only), mulberry, nasturtium, oaks (red and white only), pines, poppies, snapdragon, snowberry, speedwell, sweet pea, sweet-William, tuliptree, violets and pansy, or yews (taxus). (THIS INFO FROM: Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet)

Answer 4

Automatically and routinely applying pesticides can be counterproductive, economically wasteful, and environmentally unsound.

The Japanese beetle is here to stay. Therefore, we must learn to "live with" or manage this insect pest while attempting to minimize its impacts.

It is not necessary to eliminate the beetle in order to protect your trees, plants, and lawn.

It is hard to predict when and where Japanese beetle populations will increase, and there is no guaranteed control formula to follow.

Consequently, intermittent monitoring and appropriate planning are necessary for adequate management.

THE CURE:

Traps for adult beetles operate primarily with two chemical lures. A combination of a pheromone, or sex attractant, and a floral lure attract both male and female adult beetles to the trap. Then, as a result of their clumsy flying and the design of the trap, they end up caught in either the bag or funnel portion of the trap.

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Answer 6

Last spring I used a product called Bag-A-Bug. It comes with a chemical thing the bugs are attracted to and they fall in the bag and can't get out. I captured three bags full during the peak season for them. Yuck! But at least they weren't eating everything.

I plan to put more of them out this spring.

Answer 7

All the different beetle bags will work but you have to remember your attracting them to it so put it as far away from your plants and house as possible. If your looking to kill them buy Sevin it a pesticide you can pick up at most nursery's of home centers like Lowes/Home depot

Answer 8

Stop playing the "Live in Tokyo" Beatles cd.

the insects are called beetles

Answer 9

Eat them.

Answer 10

Yeah, I hate cover bands, too.