I closed on a nice little place in the country mid June. There's several fruit trees, including a few dead ones that will be replaced, a few grape vines, a nice garden spot... perfect for what we want to do. After closing it was time to get to work, at first we saw a few beetles on some some small mulberry bushes, no big deal, i don't have a use for mulberry anyway and their a nuisance to me. A few days later the cherry bushes were covered with these things, now it's getting personal and i have to figure out what they are. ... we got one of the rescue brand traps and it was half full in an hour (a thousand beetles or more). We were proud of ourselves and feeling pretty good about getting ahead of these things... Fast forward a few weeks and I'm emptying 4 full rescue traps a day, and some of the fruit trees are still under heavy attack. Before someone makes some ignorant comment about traps drawing them in, this is a house in the middle of 35 acres, surrounded by row crop. What's there is already there, and I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that the dead fruit trees were caused by these things over 5 or so years of neglect. I also agree with what he said... who cares where they come from, let's kill the things. They're coming eventually anyway. And on a side note, let's stop importing crap, especially organic material... Anyway, I put out 2 more traps today, I bet they're full tomorrow too and that might be a good start. I'm also going to use milky spore in the fall and spring, continue with the traps, and spray neem oil... maybe in 5 years or so i can empty 1 trap a year too, and have some fruit! A few weeks ago I didn't know what a Japanese beetle was, now they haunt my dreams and I'm pretty sure one gave me the finger as I paased him on the highway this evening, asshole...
Hang in there. I had a similar experience (although not quite as many it sounds like) when I first started putting bags out. This year, I have had only one bag out for a month and it is only 1/4 of the way full. I have only seen a handful of beetles on any of the plants and there is no real damage done to anything. It really does seem to be significantly improving. It only took about 3 seasons to get them under control without having to empty bags every day or few days.
I am currently using this and it works pretty good. But, for me, it doesn't get that many. I still am infested and have to squash them in the meantime. As soon as they see you they fly so be quick I waited almost a full day for the trap to attract the beetles. I saw a suggestion on a review page that says to put a bucket with a few inches of lightly soapy water under the trap. Hang the sack low enough so a few inches of the bottom is in the bucket So it stays in there when it is windy. I got more beetles in the bucket they come for the attractant and just fall in the water. It is better than nothing but not great. Thanks for this video I liked and subscribed I would like to see more.
I have seen other people use a bucket like you described. Great idea. If you are still having problems with them eating your plants, you might try setting up a few more traps in different locations. I had to use several on my property for the first few years.
Thanks I did buy 4 sets but after using the one and hand crushing the ones left they are pretty much under control. I never got this many squash bugs, beetles and such living up north. They die down in the cold winter but here it seems they keep mating all winter just waiting to come to my house and destroy everything I plant. :)
Thank you! Just ordered these today. These beetles are attacking and killing my apple trees and other plants. I've battled them for 2 years now and am once again losing the fight. Hoping like crazy this will do the job!
Thank you SO MUCH, bro! My wife just bought a couple of these things and I didn't have a clue how to assemble it since the directions are written so fine. I'm a visual kind of guy. You're a godsend. Thanks millions!
thank you for sharing. my Apple trees have been eaten up by Japanese beetles. now I know what to use to stop them. a friend of mine said that there's a plant that she has in her yard. it's called a 4 clock. it's from India and they say what it does it attracts Japanese beetles. And then it kills them because it's poisonous to them. She gave me some of the seeds and I planted them through my yard. I don't know if it works or not I haven't seen any of the results of it. have four in the backyard.one in the front. and I have noticed the one in the front yard. I don't see any Japanese beetles in the front yard maybe that's because all of my Japanese beetles are eating my apple trees in the backyard. but I think I'm going to go get one of those.
interesting. I have never heard for that plant before. I might have to look into it. So far the traps have worked well for me. The beetle season is pretty much over now (at least around here) so they aren't a problem anymore.
These guys do bite. They land on my horse’s butt and have caused the horse to blow up at the hitching post as if they were stung by a bee! They seem to be attracted to the bug spray we use to use. I think the package suggests not using the trap directly in the infected area but rather on the other side of the yard that way they don’t have any plant to rest on. I can fill an entire bag to the absolute brim in a couple of days.
This year im using the rescue trap. It lasts a season. I bet ive gotten at least 3000 of them things in DAYS. Emptied them in creek. Fish were jumping! Im on the second fill and the population seems to be decreasing. Most of this season, i did the soapy water, and also let my chix have some. Theres still a few but.....i will get em. Hope i see a major decrese next year!
The numbers are probably decreasing now because the summer is coming to an end. They are only active for a few months of summer. But over time you should see a significant decrease in the numbers from year to year.
This is great! Last year was a terrible year for these things in Arkansas, which is near you. The more beetles you can trap the less will reproduce. They do their reproductive thing in the soil and those come out the next year. So even if you attract every beetle for a mile around, that's great! You won't have a big hatch for a mile around you next year.
even though I am not growing any food plants this year, I want to set these traps to feed Japanese Beetles to my chickens. do you ever feed them to the quail? Oh I just heard you mention the chemicals, maybe its a bad idea to lure in feed bugs for the birds.
John Liberty i just feed some to mine. And yes you can do it this way. Its not chemicals, its what they call a pheremone that they use to attract. Do a search on it.
I moved from north to Tn.. The bugs here are maddening.... This does work pretty well they are worth it but put a bucket underneath so the ones that roll off will fall into the bucket that has a few inches of soapy water, Welcome to Tn...
Great idea. Posios have just about killed all the Honey Bees in my area. So brought in my own Honey Bees and had a great garden. And probably will until the county sprays again.
Thanks for sharing this video. I was first drawn to your channel because I am planning to start meat rabbits this next spring. Anyways, I found this one on Japanese beetles. I have been gardening here since 2001and never seen one of these critters until this past summer. They got into my potato plants, ate the daylights out of my winter squash plants and destroyed many of my pole beans. I spend hour in my garden, so in years past I would have noticed them. I hand picked all summer and fed them to my chickens, but did not get half of them. My question is, what is in the bait. Does it kill them, or do they fly to it and then fall into the bag and can't get out? I ask this because I want know for myself, but I saw another comment here where someone fed the bag of beetles to fish. Thanks Chris and many blessings, Jim
The bait is just a pheromone that attracts them. It doesn't kill them, they just fall into the bag and can't get out. I see no reason why you couldn't feed them to fish or chickens.
@slightlyredneck thanks for posting this. I had such a bad infestation last year--they were dive bombing me!! I'm going to try this and so my homemade spray of a variety of oils. I'm going to share with you soon if this helped me out.
Hang the bag over a bucket with a few inches of soapy water and when they are attracted and are not caught they fall in the water and drown.. Make sure the bag is below the rim of the bucket. I got more in the bucket than the bag.
sadly this only works for Japanese beetles. For slugs I use slug bait (link below to the one I use). Aphids usually get controlled naturally when the lady bugs and other predators move in (the aphids have to be there first before the predators will move in but they always do). Squash bugs are difficult for sure to control. I have not had a huge problem with them myself so i don't have a great answer for that yet. My slug bait (affiliate link) - amzn.to/2LZbscg
A couple of days ago I shook several hundred of these critters into a pail of water. I then fed them to my chickens who ate every last one. Protein. Can the beetles from the bags here be fed to chickens without harming them?
What do you do about the aphids. They seem to be my main problem every year along with potato beetle I believe there called (eating my zucchini) I use seven but would love to get away from it.
Aphids will usually be taken care of by predator bugs (ladybugs, praying mantis, ect.) with some time. The squash beetles are a little trickier but the best option for those is to pick them off by hand. The problem with seven is that it kills everything, even the predator bugs, so you never build up the natural defenses. It may take a little time but if you are patient the predators will move in. Think of it like the plains of Africa, if there are no antelope there will be no lions.
Multiple years in a row and they eat all the fruit trees and grape leaves... they turn the leaves into skeletons. I guess chickens can be used for control.
I have one (though could put up a second). Several of my neighbors have them. I agree with you- catch them and bring down their populations. I realize they lay eggs in the ground and kill grass which is why I treat that already with an insecticide.
Using pheromone lure is a TERRIBLE idea. All you'll do is attract them from 10 miles away. Real way of dealing with it is systemic Bayer stuff that absorbs through the roots. Down side is that you can't eat the fruit.
that is a huge downside. I mean, what is the point of saving the plant if you can't eat it? As far as attracting them in, I don't care, draw them all in and fill the bags up. In my experience it has really decreased my population over time. I have hardly any issue with them any more.
I closed on a nice little place in the country mid June. There's several fruit trees, including a few dead ones that will be replaced, a few grape vines, a nice garden spot... perfect for what we want to do. After closing it was time to get to work, at first we saw a few beetles on some some small mulberry bushes, no big deal, i don't have a use for mulberry anyway and their a nuisance to me. A few days later the cherry bushes were covered with these things, now it's getting personal and i have to figure out what they are. ... we got one of the rescue brand traps and it was half full in an hour (a thousand beetles or more). We were proud of ourselves and feeling pretty good about getting ahead of these things... Fast forward a few weeks and I'm emptying 4 full rescue traps a day, and some of the fruit trees are still under heavy attack. Before someone makes some ignorant comment about traps drawing them in, this is a house in the middle of 35 acres, surrounded by row crop. What's there is already there, and I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that the dead fruit trees were caused by these things over 5 or so years of neglect. I also agree with what he said... who cares where they come from, let's kill the things. They're coming eventually anyway. And on a side note, let's stop importing crap, especially organic material... Anyway, I put out 2 more traps today, I bet they're full tomorrow too and that might be a good start. I'm also going to use milky spore in the fall and spring, continue with the traps, and spray neem oil... maybe in 5 years or so i can empty 1 trap a year too, and have some fruit! A few weeks ago I didn't know what a Japanese beetle was, now they haunt my dreams and I'm pretty sure one gave me the finger as I paased him on the highway this evening, asshole...
Hang in there. I had a similar experience (although not quite as many it sounds like) when I first started putting bags out. This year, I have had only one bag out for a month and it is only 1/4 of the way full. I have only seen a handful of beetles on any of the plants and there is no real damage done to anything. It really does seem to be significantly improving. It only took about 3 seasons to get them under control without having to empty bags every day or few days.
I am currently using this and it works pretty good. But, for me, it doesn't get that many. I still am infested and have to squash them in the meantime. As soon as they see you they fly so be quick I waited almost a full day for the trap to attract the beetles. I saw a suggestion on a review page that says to put a bucket with a few inches of lightly soapy water under the trap. Hang the sack low enough so a few inches of the bottom is in the bucket So it stays in there when it is windy. I got more beetles in the bucket they come for the attractant and just fall in the water. It is better than nothing but not great. Thanks for this video I liked and subscribed I would like to see more.
I have seen other people use a bucket like you described. Great idea.
If you are still having problems with them eating your plants, you might try setting up a few more traps in different locations. I had to use several on my property for the first few years.
Thanks I did buy 4 sets but after using the one and hand crushing the ones left they are pretty much under control. I never got this many squash bugs, beetles and such living up north. They die down in the cold winter but here it seems they keep mating all winter just waiting to come to my house and destroy everything I plant. :)
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Thank you! Just ordered these today. These beetles are attacking and killing my apple trees and other plants. I've battled them for 2 years now and am once again losing the fight. Hoping like crazy this will do the job!
They have worked well for me. I hope they work for you too.
Ate up my Apple tree too. I used these filled two bags
Thank you SO MUCH, bro! My wife just bought a couple of these things and I didn't have a clue how to assemble it since the directions are written so fine. I'm a visual kind of guy. You're a godsend. Thanks millions!
Awesome. So glad that i could help.
thank you for sharing. my Apple trees have been eaten up by Japanese beetles. now I know what to use to stop them. a friend of mine said that there's a plant that she has in her yard. it's called a 4 clock. it's from India and they say what it does it attracts Japanese beetles. And then it kills them because it's poisonous to them. She gave me some of the seeds and I planted them through my yard. I don't know if it works or not I haven't seen any of the results of it. have four in the backyard.one in the front. and I have noticed the one in the front yard. I don't see any Japanese beetles in the front yard maybe that's because all of my Japanese beetles are eating my apple trees in the backyard. but I think I'm going to go get one of those.
interesting. I have never heard for that plant before. I might have to look into it. So far the traps have worked well for me. The beetle season is pretty much over now (at least around here) so they aren't a problem anymore.
Wild Spirits xtheyve never touched mine. But they go nuts over the primrose! Are you sure its not that?
These guys do bite. They land on my horse’s butt and have caused the horse to blow up at the hitching post as if they were stung by a bee!
They seem to be attracted to the bug spray we use to use.
I think the package suggests not using the trap directly in the infected area but rather on the other side of the yard that way they don’t have any plant to rest on. I can fill an entire bag to the absolute brim in a couple of days.
This year im using the rescue trap. It lasts a season. I bet ive gotten at least 3000 of them things in DAYS. Emptied them in creek. Fish were jumping! Im on the second fill and the population seems to be decreasing. Most of this season, i did the soapy water, and also let my chix have some. Theres still a few but.....i will get em. Hope i see a major decrese next year!
The numbers are probably decreasing now because the summer is coming to an end. They are only active for a few months of summer. But over time you should see a significant decrease in the numbers from year to year.
I'm with you. Traps and predators are the way to go. Chemicals have had their day and left us with a load of trouble.
no kidding.
This is great! Last year was a terrible year for these things in Arkansas, which is near you. The more beetles you can trap the less will reproduce. They do their reproductive thing in the soil and those come out the next year. So even if you attract every beetle for a mile around, that's great! You won't have a big hatch for a mile around you next year.
I hope that is the case anyway. I am not sure if they lay their eggs first or not.
even though I am not growing any food plants this year, I want to set these traps to feed Japanese Beetles to my chickens. do you ever feed them to the quail? Oh I just heard you mention the chemicals, maybe its a bad idea to lure in feed bugs for the birds.
I think that is a fine idea. The chemical is just an attractant. They don't eat it or anything so I don't see why you couldn't feed them to chickens.
John Liberty i just feed some to mine. And yes you can do it this way. Its not chemicals, its what they call a pheremone that they use to attract. Do a search on it.
I have heard that spraying plants with dish soap water works for several days.
They are eating my roses. Thank you. I’ll definitely be using them.
Thank you! I wondered if the bags work. Just moved to TN from AZ, so am really challenged! Thanks again!
they have worked very well for me.
I moved from north to Tn.. The bugs here are maddening.... This does work pretty well they are worth it but put a bucket underneath so the ones that roll off will fall into the bucket that has a few inches of soapy water, Welcome to Tn...
Great idea. Posios have just about killed all the Honey Bees in my area. So brought in my own Honey Bees and had a great garden. And probably will until the county sprays again.
I am luck, I don't have any problems with the city spraying in my area. Thanks for watching and glad you liked the video.
Thanks for sharing this video. I was first drawn to your channel because I am planning to start meat rabbits this next spring. Anyways, I found this one on Japanese beetles. I have been gardening here since 2001and never seen one of these critters until this past summer. They got into my potato plants, ate the daylights out of my winter squash plants and destroyed many of my pole beans. I spend hour in my garden, so in years past I would have noticed them. I hand picked all summer and fed them to my chickens, but did not get half of them.
My question is, what is in the bait. Does it kill them, or do they fly to it and then fall into the bag and can't get out? I ask this because I want know for myself, but I saw another comment here where someone fed the bag of beetles to fish.
Thanks Chris and many blessings, Jim
The bait is just a pheromone that attracts them. It doesn't kill them, they just fall into the bag and can't get out. I see no reason why you couldn't feed them to fish or chickens.
how do you know the Beatles are Japanese? I think there was an amnesty if they ware here in 1912 then they are American Beatles by now :)
lol. You may have a point there.
A friend of mine used these and said the traps ATTRACTS more beetles than they catch, and once you use them you are in big trouble, forever.
That has not been my experience. They do an excellent job of catching all of the beetles they attract and it has decreased my population over time.
@slightlyredneck thanks for posting this. I had such a bad infestation last year--they were dive bombing me!! I'm going to try this and so my homemade spray of a variety of oils. I'm going to share with you soon if this helped me out.
Hang the bag over a bucket with a few inches of soapy water and when they are attracted and are not caught they fall in the water and drown.. Make sure the bag is below the rim of the bucket. I got more in the bucket than the bag.
Yes - it's the worst invention ever. It will cause these bugs to ruin your neighborhood. I was fooled, and burned by this too.
I need something like this for other bugs like squash bug, squash vine borer, aphids, and cucumber beetles, oh and slugs.
sadly this only works for Japanese beetles. For slugs I use slug bait (link below to the one I use). Aphids usually get controlled naturally when the lady bugs and other predators move in (the aphids have to be there first before the predators will move in but they always do). Squash bugs are difficult for sure to control. I have not had a huge problem with them myself so i don't have a great answer for that yet.
My slug bait (affiliate link) - amzn.to/2LZbscg
A couple of days ago I shook several hundred of these critters into a pail of water. I then fed them to my chickens who ate every last one. Protein.
Can the beetles from the bags here be fed to chickens without harming them?
I don't see why not. They don't eat the lure, it is a pheromone lure.
Excellent, thanks! I just ordered two using your affiliate link-one for a friend and one for me.
Thanks so much. Let me know how they work for you.
Hi Peter, was it okay to feed it to chickens?
What do you do about the aphids. They seem to be my main problem every year along with potato beetle I believe there called (eating my zucchini) I use seven but would love to get away from it.
Aphids will usually be taken care of by predator bugs (ladybugs, praying mantis, ect.) with some time. The squash beetles are a little trickier but the best option for those is to pick them off by hand. The problem with seven is that it kills everything, even the predator bugs, so you never build up the natural defenses. It may take a little time but if you are patient the predators will move in. Think of it like the plains of Africa, if there are no antelope there will be no lions.
Those traps draw millions of those beetles to your property. Set them half a mile away.
I don't care if they draw in more beetles. They all go to the traps anyway. It hasn't been a problem for me.
Bags aren't cheap! Maybe the neighbors should chip in to pay for them.
Thanks for your video and sharing your experiences, that's so helpful!!
Thanks for watching. I am glad you found it helpful.
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Any suggestions on using the dead beetles?
Feed them to your chickens
Thanks a bunch! This was a super helpful video!
Thanks for watching. I am glad that you found it helpful.
Multiple years in a row and they eat all the fruit trees and grape leaves... they turn the leaves into skeletons. I guess chickens can be used for control.
Great video and info. Thanks !!
thanks for watching. I am glad you liked it.
how often do you have to change the bait.
It lasts all season long.
I have one (though could put up a second). Several of my neighbors have them. I agree with you- catch them and bring down their populations. I realize they lay eggs in the ground and kill grass which is why I treat that already with an insecticide.
I don't use any insecticides and I have had a significant decrease in population. I think it catches most of them before they lay eggs.
I used this trap in my garden and got worst then before, I got more of the beetles coming to my garden and eating the flowers . Bad idea
Place the trap downwind from your garden but not in your garden. That should alleviate the issue.
Place the trap downwindq from your garden but not in your garden. That should alleviate the issue.
Place the trap downwindq from your garden but not in your garden. That should alleviate the issue.
Place the trap downwindq from your garden but not in your garden. That should alleviate the issue.
gonna give it a try, thanks
Thanks for watching. Let me know how the work for you.
Quail food in a pinch, unless the lure is toxic
If the quail will eat them. Mine don't seem to. chickens will for sure though.
Poppycock.....round here we use bug-a-salt
Great info..thank you!
Thanks for watching. I am glad you found it hepful.
Using pheromone lure is a TERRIBLE idea. All you'll do is attract them from 10 miles away. Real way of dealing with it is systemic Bayer stuff that absorbs through the roots. Down side is that you can't eat the fruit.
that is a huge downside. I mean, what is the point of saving the plant if you can't eat it? As far as attracting them in, I don't care, draw them all in and fill the bags up. In my experience it has really decreased my population over time. I have hardly any issue with them any more.
I just might do that with the ornamental plants I have that have been trashed by the buggers.
excellent thank you!
Thank you!
Or be like Trump and try to get your neighbour to build a massive wall
And get Mexico to pay for it.