Those Blasted Beetles
The spring and summer doesn’t just bring the best time for cookouts and parties and growing a garden, it also brings bugs. Japanese beetles are just one of the banes of a gardener. Along with no rain and rooting animals, these blasted bugs will eat up your plants and flowers, leaving you with nothing but the stem, and that is, if you’re lucky. All along the northern cost of America, these beetles come and destroy numerous plants in their wake. There have been numerous attempts to thwart these clumsy flying nuisances but some feel that it is counter-productive as the traps only trap so many while attracting many more. Applying specific pesticides to your lawn can decrease the chance of a Japanese beetle assault, but that is weather dependent as it can wash away said pesticide. The best bet would be to utilize the traps which are yellow bags attached to a stand that has 4 walls on the inside. The beetle is attracted to the bag as it is scented with pheromones and as the beetle hits the wall, it falls into the bag and is trapped. But, as stated before, some feel that this is as productive as it is counterproductive since more beetles are attracted then captured.