passerby wrote:
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So, what's the word on usefulness of the traps in the gardening community?

no experience with the traps, but even the beetles
themselves will attract other beetles.

last year i had a large infestation on some wild
grape vines. after hand picking them off each day
they'd still come back from the surrounding area.

i see they are now coming back again this year
but the numbers don't seem to be as many. i'll keep
picking them off the grape vines and as i see them
on the garden plants and some flowers (hollyhocks and
geraniums they seem to like too besides the grape
vine). in the gardens i mostly try to keep them
from eating all the bean plants.


songbird