Post AXe65gr2Bb0hs7hgPo by gryzor@androiddev.social
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(DIR) Post #AXdM8Bw8zuTAxaLf4i by friendlymike@androiddev.social
2023-07-12T23:43:48Z
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My yard has hundreds of japanese beetles eating through anything green. Any help #gardening I don't want to use chemicals but also want to have fruit and native flowers. Traps don't seem to make a dent. It's too hot to spray Neem oil.
(DIR) Post #AXdMcoknF2k62IduWu by aarondleong@mas.to
2023-07-12T23:49:21Z
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@friendlymike We're strict about pesticide avoidance, but we have a few invasives i need address in our forest. After reading this, i'm starting to research ways of minimizing the side-effects when using chemicals. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/30/herbicide-invasive-plants-national-parks-shenandoah/
(DIR) Post #AXdNiAhJBNGFUn85s8 by joewynne@mindly.social
2023-07-13T00:01:30Z
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@friendlymike I'm in same situation. I use a bug net ("butterfly net") to snatch them and kill them. Will post about it soon.You may not want to do that, but it is usually never too hot to try one of those detergent-based DIY insecticides to spray right on them. Pretty easy to soak them. The traps with attractant have been shown to make the problem worse, unfortunately, unless you put it way far away from your garden. Like a quarter mile away.
(DIR) Post #AXdNnPnwRUfznTjTpg by friendlymike@androiddev.social
2023-07-13T00:02:28Z
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@joewynne butterfly net! Great idea
(DIR) Post #AXdOUlRBt3dlLJlGYi by joewynne@mindly.social
2023-07-13T00:10:17Z
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@friendlymike Well then, if you like that idea, make sure you get one that has a long net, long enough so that you can quickly twist the handle to use the loop to close off escape from the remaining section.
(DIR) Post #AXdOfKOglLpQfEd160 by 42DZS@twit.social
2023-07-13T00:12:12Z
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@friendlymike a mason jar of soapy water and your fingers for picking. Pay the neighborhood kids a couple cents a bug to pick. I will now solve world peace .There's no easy way out
(DIR) Post #AXdP6JbHpiyO0mOCVE by colorfiend@mstdn.social
2023-07-13T00:17:04Z
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@friendlymike BeetleJus and vigilance https://www.gurneys.com/product/beetlejus-for-ornamental-and-vegetable-pests I've been pretty vigilant with spraying the beetlejus at the first sign. And it must be done every few days. It's, quite frankly, a pain in the arse, but it doesn't seem to hurt pollinators like systemic treatments would, so I suck it up. There are significantly fewer beetles this year.
(DIR) Post #AXdXBc03ePyo9r0q6C by planty@sunbeam.city
2023-07-13T01:47:39Z
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@friendlymike Chicken people tell me chickens enjoy eating them, I've heard of people taking the filled traps and feeding chickens. If you can handle the $$$ and are patient (can take a few years), milky spore can help break their lifecycle though.
(DIR) Post #AXdgAYWvxtOoh7xfJA by eugeneparnell@mstdn.social
2023-07-13T03:28:18Z
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@friendlymike I saw on here a couple days ago someone using a soda bottle cut like in the picture. They said they were holding it under the branches where the beetles were and kind of shaking the beetles into the funnel. No idea if that will work as I haven’t tried it myself, but it’s cheap enough to be worth a try even if you have to throw the beetles down the funnel one by one.
(DIR) Post #AXe65gr2Bb0hs7hgPo by gryzor@androiddev.social
2023-07-13T08:18:47Z
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@friendlymike I'm not 100% sure if this works for these particular bugs, but burying a glass with beer overnight tends to trap a lot of bugs attracted to CO². You have to keep replacing it but the good news is, bugs don't care if it's cheap beer :)We use small Nutella glasses. Bury until the edge is near the ground and partially pour some beer.