Keep my eyes open looking for one, but have not found any.
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I think the drought really did in the JBs this year. Season winding down and none out there.
Should mean none for next year, too.
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Thats great! Tremendous reduction in #s this last week. Yesterday got around 250 beatles in 13 acres worth. Fish are wondering why im stingy now with so few bugs for bfast.
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From the instructions:
“Remember, Japanese beetles emerge from fescue pasture”
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3 weeks ago I saw a solo Fruit Beetle flying around the yard and wasn’t having it. I ordered a few of the Trece traps and lures discussed in Clark’s original post and a few more of the Rescue brand sold on Amazon. By the way, I only found one seller there that ships to CA.
I decided to mount the Trece traps on 5 gallon buckets – not having the population Clark has to deal with. My plan was to glue 1 1/4 PVC coupling on the bottom of the units and cut appropriate holes in the lids. I discovered that neither PVC cement nor Liquid Nails would adhere to the traps! I ended up using good ol’ duct tape. I cut the holes with a hot knife shown below.
I put half a fig in the bottom of each bucket for good measure. I also found duct tape was necessary to hold the asphyxiant in place. One of the buckets is placed between my two in-ground figs, another with some large potted specimens, and the smaller Rescue traps among our fig repository.
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After 1 week, the score is
Rescue brand: 1 dozen each, Trece brand: zero.
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