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Old 12-07-2004, 01:03 PM
William W. Plummer
 
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Default Japanese beetles are back!

Steveo wrote:

wrote:

On a side note, I live in easter pa, have they layed eggs already?


I've seen tiny brown spots where the grass comes up in handfuls? I
thought this would happen at the end of July.


Look for billbug grubs. They're very small with no legs, look at
the second picture down.

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05516.html

I like that article. It points out that the egg-laying has been going
on for a month and a half and those eggs will hatch next spring.
Attracting the flying beetles now may save your trees but spraying
everything green with a toxic chemical is not a good idea. The chart
is a bit out of date -- Sevin and diazinon are being phased out by order
of the FDA. "Eight" is available to replace "Sevin".