Soooooo,

I dusted my plants with Sevin two days ago.

Today, I found a single Japanese beetle, who seemed to be dying, and
three dead ones. Not a trace of any others!

Three days ago, I picked off at least 50 of them. They were
everywhere.

Of course, my roses look like they're covered with powdery mildew. g

And today, it's raining (and will rain tomorrow as well), so it's
going to be washed off (which is just fine with me).

I'm hoping that I've interrupted the swarming and that they've moved
on or have been killed off.

I'll monitor the situation and give you guys a report when I get back
from St. Louis. This should give them time to return if they're going
to. From what I've heard, we have to deal with them until August.
Maybe all I have to do is dust with Sevin each week...we'll see...

This is just amazing...I'm in awe.