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Posted by Phisherman on July 26, 2008, 8:18 am
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:39:10 -0500, "Marie Dodge"
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>> Japanese beetles are easily knocked into a bowl of water to drown and sure
>> when they're at peak you have to do it every day but it still beats
>> poison.
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>This is utter bullcrap. When tried, they quickly fly away only to come back
>in 10 to 15 minutes and pick up where they left off. If one or two end up in
>the bowl of water you're lucky. And try that when there are hundreds of
>plants involved.
Really? I've used a mason jar or mayo jar with 1/2" of water in the
bottom and a drop or two of dishwashing liquid. Maybe one out of 20
will fly away, but most will drop into the soapy water. I can easily
catch 100 beetles in less than 15 minutes. Milky spore is a complete
waste of money.
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