On 12 Jul 2004 12:28:32 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

"William W. Plummer" wrote:
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.

Nope, those billbug larve will feed this summer. The billbug over-winters
as an adult, not a grub.

Attracting the flying beetles now may save your trees but spraying
everything green with a toxic chemical is not a good idea.

Um..he said -two- tress. Is that everything green?

One bush on my property edge(it's the neighbors, but in full view of
my deck) is still somewhat green, and another small tree(20') has red
leaves so it's not green. I have two other trees, maples(one red)
weren't touched by the beetles. As you can tell only three full
trees, and having one under attack weirded me out.

So much work for such a small piece of land.

later,

tom




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is a bit out of date -- Sevin and diazinon are being phased out by order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".

The only reason it's being phased out is over-use, not because of
its LD-50.

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