Japanese beetles make excellent fish bait. Bream and even rainbow trout will
eat them. They stay on the hook and keep well in one of those wire mesh
cricket boxes. If your neighbors have kids who like to fish, you might even
inspire them to catch your bugs.
"E Gregory" wrote in message
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wrote:
Umm....newbie gardener plants' like roses : bud/leaves, persimmon leaves
and
other plants are being eaten by these fingertip size beetles with
greenish
casts. What can I use to get rids of them but leaving my plants and
basils
safe enough to eat ? Thanks.

Feed them to your chickens.

Eileen