The Japanese Beetles are here

[MissS]

@Labradors once they are in the bag they seldom make it out. It is those that don't make it into the bag that cause everyone problems but if you have the trap in the coop then most of those that fall to the ground will hopefully get eaten.

[JRinPA]

I was picking them off asparagus ferns today in the afternoon drizzle. Pinching their heads and throwing them at the blockhead springer. He thought they were great.

Maybe freeze a box of them for the chickens? Let thaw a bit and toss them out?

If I had chickens I would do BSF larvae, but I don't know if you get them up there.

[MissS]

Good News!

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
"Finally, we have some good news about Japanese beetles!
A natural predator of the Japanese beetle — known as the winsome fly — is starting to kill Japanese beetles in Minnesota and at the Arboretum, says the Arb’s Integrated Pest Management Specialist, Erin Buchholz.
This parasitoid fly lays its eggs on the beetles. When the eggs hatch, the larvae burrow inside the Japanese beetle, causing it to lose ability to function, so that it will die in a matter of days, even before it lays eggs for its next generation.
As you can see in this photo (taken of beetles sampled at the Arboretum), the eggs are laid in instances of one or more on the beetles’ backs on the thorax area near their heads.
Since this is a fly you definitely want in your garden, letting beetles like this live might be worth any damage they cause. It may also be yet another reason to avoid traps and blankets of insecticides."

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https://www.maine.gov/dacf/php/gotpests ... tHW-1V5ASk

[Sue_CT]

I am not seeing any photo.

[Sue_CT]

Thanks!