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Old 16-08-2014, 04:22 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default japanese beetles and wild grape vines

Steve Peek wrote:
....
The beetles leave a pheromone once they start
feeding. You can kill every beetle on a leaf
and the next day there will be more on that
same leaf.


i can believe it...

the orgies they have too in the process. i
dunno if they actually have multiple partners
or not, but they sure do pile on at times. the
other day there was a pile of 7 of them i got
with a single grab.


songbird